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Schaefer, Marlon
🇩🇪FIDE 16208773· Male· Germany· Born in 1998
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Marlon Schaefer, a 28-year-old German player, is rated 2091 — his current career high and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +39 Elo over the past 12 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open and Oberliga Sued-West 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including Deutsche Hochschulmeisterschaft 2025 Schnellschach) and 3 blitz events (including Deutsche Hochschulmeisterschaft 2025 Blitzschach) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 22 months (2016–2018) and 28 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included).
Current rating
2091
Standard
Rpd1947·Blz2038
All-time high
2091
at best
May 2026 · age 28
May 2026 · age 28
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#16,243 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 2091
at age 28
May 2026
100 career games
at age 28
May 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+114 Elo)
1948 → 2062
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 2000
at age 26
May 2024
2020
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1909 → returned at 1920
Nov 2020
2019
Crossed 1800
at age 21
May 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+39
2052 → 2091
Tournaments
7
20 games
Score
8.5/ 2042.5%
5W7D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #493 | 2178 | +25.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #30 | 2209 | +3.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/3 | #99 | 1961 | -7.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #82 | 2092 | +0.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #1 | 2989 | +27.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/2 | #101 | 1310 | -17.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #52 | 2241 | +5.0 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,848
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#11,815
in continent
World
#16,243
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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