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Bruens, Steffen

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FIDEFIDE 16215788· Male· Germany· Born in 1995

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Steffen Bruens, a 31-year-old German player, is rated 1875 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 2 years. 12 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Also played 1 rapid event (including 34. Krefelder Schnellschach-Open 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2016–2017), 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2024–2025).

Current rating

1875

Standard

Rpd1859·Blz1863

All-time high

1875

at best
Jun 2026 · age 31

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#54,478

#54,478 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2026
All-time peak 1875
at age 31
Jun 2026
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1868 → returned at 1872
Jun 2024
Best 12-month gain (+101 Elo)
1771 → 1872
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 29
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 1743 → returned at 1741
Feb 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 25
Feb 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Martin-Lorenz, Dr. Werthmann 1,742
66. Offene Koelner Stadtmeisterschaft · May 2026 · +6.3 Elo
Evolution
+3
1872 → 1875
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
3.5/ 658.3%
3W1D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
66. Offene Koelner Stadtmeisterschaft
Open Swiss
May 20263.5/6#451891+3.0

Rankings

/
Germany
#5,919
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#39,996
in continent
World
#54,477
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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5919🇩🇪Bruens, Steffen1,875
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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7
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9
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39996🇩🇪Bruens, Steffen1,875
World
1
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2
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6
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2,767
7
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8
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54477🇩🇪Bruens, Steffen1,875