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Matthes, Aaron
CM🇩🇪FIDE 16227310· Male· Germany· Born in 2002
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Aaron Matthes, a 24-year-old German Candidate Master, is rated 2273 — just 13 short of his peak of 2286 (Dec 2025, age 23) and sitting in the top 3% of German players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 51 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Oberliga Ost 2025-2026 April 2026, grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and 8. Internationales Spandauer Weihnachtsopen 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Berliner Schnellschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2025) and 3 blitz events (including Bundesliga-Blitzturnier des NSV 2026 2. Vorrunde) recently.
Awarded CM in 2022 (age 20). At junior level, he reached #26 and #19 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2273
Standard
Rpd2147·Blz2271
All-time high
2286
−13 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 23
Dec 2025 · age 23
Activity
63
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#439 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
16 entries2025
All-time peak 2286
at age 23 · −14 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 22
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 22
Apr 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2200
at age 21
Nov 2023
2022
26th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2229
Oct 2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 20
Aug 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+56
2217 → 2273
Tournaments
13
49 games
Score
32/ 4965.3%
26W12D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/5 | #5 | 2274 | +1.2 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1.5/2 | #3 | 2451 | +11.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/8 | #175 | 2358 | +27.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 3019 | +9.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #52 | 1273 | -14.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #59 | 2120 | -8.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/3 | #125 | 1723 | -35.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #60 | 2136 | -4.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/5 | #3 | 2307 | +7.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/7 | #9 | 2375 | +25.2 |
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Rankings
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Germany
#439
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#3,371
in continent
World
#4,994
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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