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Lauer, Marius
🇩🇪FIDE 16223934· Male· Germany· Born in 1992
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Marius Lauer, a 34-year-old German player, is rated 2163 — just 16 short of his peak of 2179 (Dec 2025, age 33) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 9 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V Open Chess Menorca 2026, Dutch Team Competition - klasse 3 Round 8, and Oberliga Sued-West 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 2 rapid (including 51. Deutsche Meisterschaft im Schnellschach 2025) and 2 blitz events (including V Blitz Chess Menorca 2026) recently. He took a 34-month break between Jul 2019 and Jun 2022 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
2163
Standard
Rpd2076·Blz2033
All-time high
2179
−16 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 33
Dec 2025 · age 33
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,365 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 2179
at age 33 · −16 from today
Dec 2025
100 career games
at age 33
May 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 31
Apr 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 30
Oct 2022
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 27
Jul 2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2057 → returned at 2097
Jul 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+19
2144 → 2163
Tournaments
10
29 games
Score
14.5/ 2950.0%
11W7D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/9 | #275 | 2137 | -12.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2836 | +6.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #81 | 1551 | -5.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/3 | #48 | 2274 | +8.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #89 | 2073 | -5.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | #63 | 2007 | -9.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4.5/7 | #31 | 2276 | +23.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #6 | 2815 | +12.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #335 | 1424 | -8.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #22 | 2848 | +7.4 |
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Rankings
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Germany
#1,118
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#7,384
in continent
World
#10,365
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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