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Schaefer, Daniel
🇩🇪FIDE 16235088· Male· Germany· Born in 2002
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Daniel Schaefer, a 24-year-old German player, is rated 2055 — his current career high and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +73 Elo over the past 12 months. 52 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Stichkampf zur Baden-Wuerttemberg-Liga 2026, grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and Oberliga Wuerttemberg 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including Heilbronner Vereinsmeisterschaft 2026) and 2 blitz events (including Wuerttembergische Mannschafts-Meisterschaft - Blitz 2026) recently. He took a 32-month break between Oct 2019 and Jul 2022 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
2055
Standard
Rpd1924·Blz2004
All-time high
2055
at best
Jun 2026 · age 24
Jun 2026 · age 24
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 9%
#20,185 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
All-time peak 2055
at age 24
Jun 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 24
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+107 Elo)
1836 → 1943
Jun 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 21
Dec 2023
2022
Crossed 1800
at age 20
Aug 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+83
1972 → 2055
Tournaments
12
40 games
Score
22.5/ 4056.3%
19W7D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/6 | #11 | 2248 | +34.2 |
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 2823 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/9 | #812 | 1934 | -26.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #25 | 1913 | -6.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #50 | 1365 | -6.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #19 | 2002 | -0.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/9 | #47 | 2149 | +34.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #4 | 2838 | +22.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #35 | 1998 | +0.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/6 | #43 | 2066 | +15.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,355
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#14,803
in continent
World
#20,185
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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