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Hein, Ralf

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FIDEFIDE 16219473· Male· Germany· Born in 1954

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Ralf Hein, a 72-year-old German player, is rated 1997 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 10, Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q5 B, and Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 8-9. Also played 1 rapid (including 29. Echternacher Open) and 1 blitz events (including 21. DSAM-Blitzturnier - powered by chessemy) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 17 months (2016–2017), 51 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2023–2024).

Current rating

1997

Standard

Rpd1943·Blz1982

All-time high

1997

at best
May 2026 · age 72

Activity

19

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#27,973

#27,973 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

9 entries
2026
All-time peak 1997
at age 72
May 2026
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 70
Feb 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1930 → returned at 1990
Jan 2023
2022
Best 12-month gain (+66 Elo)
1905 → 1971
Sep 2022
2018
Inactive for 51 months
paused at 1905 → returned at 1971
May 2018
2016
Crossed 1800
at age 62
Apr 2016

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ming Sheng 2,165
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 10 · Apr 2026 · +4.5 Elo
Best comeback
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 1
finished #1 (seeded #68 of 192)
Evolution
+33
1964 → 1997
Tournaments
8
14 games
Score
8/ 1457.1%
5W6D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 10
Team
Apr 20260.5/1#772165+4.6
Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q5 B
Open Swiss
Mar 20262.5/5#571957-3.2
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 8-9
Team
Mar 20261.5/2#182223+14.4
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 7
Team
Feb 20260/1#1291535-2.6
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 5
Team
Dec 20251/1#62412+1.8

Rankings

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Germany
#3,248
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#20,666
in continent
World
#27,973
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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10
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Europe
1
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7
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8
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2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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