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Cress, Bastian
🇩🇪FIDE 16208846· Male· Germany· Born in 2003
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Bastian Cress, a 23-year-old German player, is rated 1887 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +91 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2. Oberliga Ost 2025-2026 Staffel A April 2026, TOBOL Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and 22. Bad-Koenigshofen-Open 2025. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2017–2018), 29 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2023–2024).
Current rating
1887
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1887
at best
May 2026 · age 23
May 2026 · age 23
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#51,326
#51,326 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1887
at age 23
May 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 23
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+136 Elo)
1672 → 1808
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 21
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1680 → returned at 1813
Apr 2023
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+91
1796 → 1887
Tournaments
8
20 games
Score
11/ 2055.0%
6W10D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1.5/2 | #11 | 2167 | +15.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #7 | 2221 | +51.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #43 | 1876 | +1.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #22 | 1901 | +2.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #57 | 1994 | +5.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/6 | #68 | 1976 | +8.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | #63 | 1896 | +3.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #48 | 1841 | +1.2 |
Hot streak: 8 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#5,631
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#37,772
in continent
World
#51,325
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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