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Dauner, Benedikt
FM🇩🇪FIDE 16225899· Male· Germany· Born in 2003
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Benedikt Dauner, a 23-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2351 and sitting in the top 2% of German players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +33 Elo over the past 12 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈37/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Oberliga Baden-Wuerttemberg 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, and 42. Open Untergrombach 2026 A-Open. Also played 2 rapid (including Deutsche Hochschulmeisterschaft 2025 Schnellschach) and 6 blitz events (including Deutsche Hochschulmeisterschaft 2025 Blitzschach) recently. His peak of 2403 was reached at age 20 (Nov 2023).
Awarded FM in 2021 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #91 in U20 and #11, #20 and #29 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2351
Standard
Rpd2305·Blz2315
All-time high
2403
−52 pts below
Nov 2023 · age 20
Nov 2023 · age 20
Activity
64
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#216 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
17 entries2024
71st German 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2383
Jan 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2400
at age 20
Nov 2023
All-time peak 2403
at age 20 · −52 from today
Nov 2023
91st U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2400
May 2023
Crossed 2400
at age 20
May 2023
K-factor lowered to 10
at age 20
May 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+33
2318 → 2351
Tournaments
8
21 games
Score
16/ 2176.2%
14W4D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/3 | #931 | 2277 | -2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #48 | 2364 | +0.3 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 3/3 | #3 | 3022 | +10.1 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #50 | 2383 | +1.3 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/7 | #1 | 2430 | +8.7 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | #66 | 2298 | -1.1 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #19 | 3387 | +8.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2/2 | #9 | 3026 | +7.5 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIlja SchneiderIM
🇩🇪GER·2450
+1 −10 =2
13 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsJonas RosnerIM
🇩🇪GER·2451
+2 −9 =1
12 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsChristopher NoeGM
🇩🇪GER·2515
+1 −10 =0
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsTimur KocharinFM
🇩🇪GER·2369
+4 −2 =5
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsLukas Pfatteicher
🇩🇪GER·2276
+4 −3 =4
11 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
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Germany
#216
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#1,723
in continent
World
#2,675
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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