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Bender, Leon
🇩🇪FIDE 16223721· Male· Germany· Born in 1998
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Leon Bender, a 28-year-old German player, is rated 2057 — just 22 short of his peak of 2079 (Apr 2025, age 27) and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2018–2020) and 35 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q4 B. Also played 3 rapid events (including 23. Garchinger Dreikoenigsturnier) recently.
At junior level, he reached #85 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2057
Standard
Rpd2053·Blz1965
All-time high
2079
−22 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 27
Apr 2025 · age 27
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 9%
#19,909 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 2079
at age 27 · −22 from today
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+56 Elo)
2007 → 2063
Feb 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 25
Feb 2023
2020
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 1997 → returned at 2007
Feb 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 22
Feb 2020
2018
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1986 → returned at 1997
May 2018
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-20
2077 → 2057
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2/ 540.0%
2W0D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/5 | #42 | 1932 | -20.4 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,317
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#14,601
in continent
World
#19,909
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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