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Bender, Felix
🇩🇪FIDE 16215656· Male· Germany· Born in 1999
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Felix Bender, a 27-year-old German player, is rated 1953 — just 1 short of his peak of 1954 (Apr 2026, age 27). He is on a steady climb with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q5 B, and 8. Internationales Spandauer Weihnachtsopen 2025. Also played 3 blitz events (including Spandauer Weihnachts-Blitz 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 28 months (2017–2019), 38 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 16 months (2022–2024).
Current rating
1953
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2115
All-time high
1954
−1 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 27
Apr 2026 · age 27
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#36,050
#36,050 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 1954
at age 27 · −1 from today
Apr 2026
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 25
Sep 2024
2022
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1819 → returned at 1891
Oct 2022
2019
Best 12-month gain (+156 Elo)
1678 → 1834
Jul 2019
Crossed 1800
at age 20
Jul 2019
Inactive for 38 months
paused at 1834 → returned at 1819
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+42
1911 → 1953
Tournaments
5
29 games
Score
15/ 2951.7%
12W6D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsEvelyn WagenschuetzWIM2,029·Landeseinzelmeisterschaft Brandenburg 2025 (Frauen & Maenner)·R3·-7.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/9 | #802 | 1951 | -1.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #8 | 2138 | +29.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/6 | #65 | 1991 | -8.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #4 | 2069 | +30.6 |
Team | Jun 2025 | 0/1 | #92 | 1201 | -7.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#4,117
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#26,634
in continent
World
#36,050
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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