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Willems, Marcus

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FIDEFIDE 16223071· Male· Germany· Born in 1995

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Marcus Willems, a 31-year-old German player, is rated 1770 — just 1 short of his peak of 1771 (Feb 2026, age 31). He is progressing steadily with +26 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent appearances: Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open and 38. Internationale Hasslocher Schachtage 2025 B-Turnier. Also played 1 rapid (including Giessener Schnellschachturnier 2026) and 1 blitz events (including Heuchelheimer Winterblitz 2026) recently. He took a 81-month break between Apr 2017 and Feb 2024.

Current rating

1770

Standard

Rpd1797·Blz1782

All-time high

1771

−1 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 31

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#85,841

#85,841 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

8 entries
2026
All-time peak 1771
at age 31 · −1 from today
Feb 2026
2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 30
May 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+244 Elo)
1414 → 1658
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 29
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 29
Mar 2024
2017
Inactive for 81 months
paused at 1414 → returned at 1420
Apr 2017

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Klaus Busche 1,950
Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open · Dec 2025 · +4.7 Elo
Evolution
+9
1761 → 1770
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
2.5/ 735.7%
2W1D4L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsKyryl Metlytskyi1,878·Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open·R3·-7.0
2.[L]vsLukas Wolek1,899·Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open·R2·-6.5
3.[L]vsJasper Bohle1,913·Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open·R5·-6.1

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open
Open Swiss
Dec 20252.5/7#841818+9.4

Rankings

/
Germany
#8,674
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#61,691
in continent
World
#85,839
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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Europe
1
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2
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3
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7
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9
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10
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World
1
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2
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7
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8
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