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Garner, Isaac
🇩🇪FIDE 16239261· Male· Germany· Born in 2006
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Isaac Garner, a 20-year-old German player, is rated 2404 — his current career high and ranked 2nd among German players under 20, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2294 and 2404 over the past 2 years. 59 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 3. Internationales Schachopen Graal-Mueritz, and 2. Bundesliga Nord 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including European Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 3 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently.
Earned IM norms at grenke Chess Open 2025 A-Open and IM-Normenturnier der DSJ 2025. At junior level, he reached World #82 in U20, World #59 in U18, World #55 in U16 and #7 and #14 nationally in U14 and U12.
Current rating
2404
Standard
Rpd2337·Blz2420
All-time high
2404
at best
May 2026 · age 20
May 2026 · age 20
Activity
60
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
43 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#2
#2 · German players under 20 · of 576
Career timeline
18 entries2026
82nd U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2404
May 2026
All-time peak 2404
at age 20
May 2026
Crossed 2400
at age 20
Apr 2026
K-factor lowered to 10
at age 20
Apr 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 18
Aug 2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 18
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+11
2393 → 2404
Tournaments
10
43 games
Score
26.5/ 4361.6%
18W17D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/8 | #182 | 2403 | +1.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/6 | #23 | 2351 | -1.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #2 | 3222 | +11.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/3 | #46 | 2470 | +6.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #50 | 2287 | -5.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 4.5/7 | #21 | 2376 | -1.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #26 | 2444 | +3.0 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 5.5/9 | #3 | 2452 | +16.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/2 | #126 | 1724 | -13.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/3 | #56 | 2273 | -6.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIlja SchneiderIM
🇩🇪GER·2450
+0 −7 =3
10 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsHendrik ReichmannFM
🇩🇪GER·2254
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMichael KopylovIM
🇺🇦UKR·2340
+2 −0 =6
8 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMichael KotykCM
🇩🇪GER·2269
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKarsten SchulzFM
🇩🇪GER·2185
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
/
Germany
#121
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#1,007
in continent
World
#1,589
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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