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Hottinger, Simon
🇨🇭FIDE 1350552· Male· Switzerland· Born in 2008
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Simon Hottinger, a 18-year-old Swiss player, is rated 2083 — his current career high and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +174 Elo over the past 12 months. 58 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 3, SMM Ligen 1-4 2026 round 2, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. Also played 3 rapid (including Seebach and Friends No. 6) and 1 blitz events (including Swiss Blitz Championship 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #12, #19 and #54 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2083
Standard
Rpd1788·Blz1849
All-time high
2083
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
46
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
54 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#17,051 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
12th Swiss U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2083
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2083
at age 18
Jun 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 18
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Feb 2025
100 career games
at age 17
Feb 2025
2024
19th Swiss U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1819
May 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+170
1913 → 2083
Tournaments
16
50 games
Score
25.5/ 5051.0%
23W9D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #417 | 2730 | +12.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #815 | 2026 | +4.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/8 | #665 | 2156 | +78.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/4 | #3 | 2142 | +41.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #89 | 2680 | +16.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #1128 | 1288 | -12.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #15 | 2708 | +40.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #72 | 1726 | -22.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/4 | #21 | 1697 | -61.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/1 | #22 | 2339 | +3.2 |
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Rankings
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Switzerland
#230
out of 3,528 players
Europe
#12,410
in continent
World
#17,051
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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