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Kotyk, Michael
CM🇩🇪FIDE 16214501· Male· Germany· Born in 2004
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Michael Kotyk, a 22-year-old German Candidate Master, is rated 2269 and sitting in the top 3% of German players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 7 months. 55 rated games in the past year (≈64/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include HSK-Osteropen 2026, 3. Internationales Schachopen Graal-Mueritz, and Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group A. Also played 6 rapid (including European Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 7 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently.
Awarded CM in 2023 (age 19). At junior level, he reached #34, #21, #28, #17 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2269
Standard
Rpd2119·Blz2192
All-time high
2269
at best
Jun 2026 · age 22
Jun 2026 · age 22
Activity
70
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
71 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#462 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
22 entries2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 21
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2241
at age 21 · −1 from today
May 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 21
Feb 2025
2024
34th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2196
Sep 2024
2023
500 career games
at age 19
Oct 2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 19
Aug 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+28
2241 → 2269
Tournaments
11
71 games
Score
47.5/ 7166.9%
39W17D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 2317 | +19.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/7 | #10 | 2264 | +10.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/7 | #3 | 2236 | +11.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/6 | #14 | 2256 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/6 | #55 | 2114 | -15.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/5 | #8 | 2309 | +14.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJakob WeihrauchFM
🇩🇪GER·2283
+2 −4 =3
9 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsHenning HolinkaFM
🇩🇪GER·2359
+2 −5 =1
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsIsaac Garner
🇩🇪GER·2404
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSteve BergerIM
🇩🇪GER·2414
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsJoachim Borowicz
🇵🇱POL·1842
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Jun 2026
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Rankings
/
Germany
#462
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#3,475
in continent
World
#5,138
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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