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Finke, Kelsie Josefine
WCM🇩🇪FIDE 16202511· Female· Germany· Born in 1999
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Kelsie Josefine Finke, a 27-year-old German Woman Candidate Master, is rated 2048 and sitting in the top 5% of German women, and in the top 10% worldwide. She is on a steady climb with +37 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include TOBOL Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 2. Frauenbundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Februar 2026, and Muenchen Chess Happening 2025. She had 2 career breaks: 35 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2024–2025). Her peak of 2098 was reached at age 19 (Nov 2018).
Competes as a woman since 2024. Awarded WCM in 2024 (age 25). At junior level, she reached #54 and #71 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2048
Standard
Rpd1999·Blz—
All-time high
2098
−50 pts below
Nov 2018 · age 19
Nov 2018 · age 19
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#55 · German women · of 1,140
Career timeline
14 entries2024
WCM title awardedWCM
at age 25
Dec 2024
Competes as female
at age 25
Dec 2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2011 → returned at 2039
May 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 24
Dec 2023
2019
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2082 → returned at 2077
Apr 2019
2018
54th German U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2098
Dec 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+9
2039 → 2048
Tournaments
10
34 games
Score
21.5/ 3463.2%
18W7D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/4 | #31 | 2216 | -2.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #32 | 1862 | -10.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #41 | 1371 | -7.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/5 | #22 | 2010 | -5.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #40 | 1975 | -2.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #22 | 2010 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/7 | #55 | 2111 | +8.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2269 | +21.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #20 | 2838 | +10.0 |
Team | Jun 2025 | 4/5 | #15 | 2238 | +28.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,445
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#15,437
in continent
World
#21,023
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Germany
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