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Lauterbach, Kolja
🇩🇪FIDE 16235916· Male· Germany· Born in 2005
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Kolja Lauterbach, a 21-year-old German player, is rated 1995 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent appearances: Oberliga Baden 2025-2026 Maerz 2026 and Badisches Jugend Open 2026 A-Open. Also played 2 rapid (including 3. Berlin U25 Open Rapid) and 3 blitz events (including 3. Berlin U25 Open Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 29 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2022–2023).
At junior level, he reached #86, #90 and #47 nationally in U20, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1995
Standard
Rpd1983·Blz1995
All-time high
1995
at best
Jun 2026 · age 21
Jun 2026 · age 21
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#28,280
#28,280 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1995
at age 21
Jun 2026
100 career games
at age 21
Jan 2026
2025
86th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1985
Mar 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+254 Elo)
1698 → 1952
May 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2023
Crossed 1800
at age 18
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+22
1973 → 1995
Tournaments
6
18 games
Score
11/ 1861.1%
9W4D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/7 | #61 | 2007 | +2.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #64 | 2029 | +1.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #43 | 2145 | +4.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #69 | 1490 | -2.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/6 | #2 | 2251 | +7.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #11 | 2788 | +10.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#3,285
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#20,900
in continent
World
#28,280
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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