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Birkholz, Karl Lukas
🇩🇪FIDE 16247639· Male· Germany· Born in 1996
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Karl Lukas Birkholz, a 30-year-old German player, is rated 1783. He has slipped back 51 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include HSK-Weihnachtsopen 2025, 21. Internationales Rostocker Schach-Open 2025, and 37. Kieler Open 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Anderter Open & 10. Niedersaechsische Schnellschach-EM 2026) and 1 blitz events (including 46. Norddeutsche Blitzschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 44 months (2018–2022, COVID-19 included) and 15 months (2022–2023). His peak of 1842 was reached at age 28 (Sep 2024).
Current rating
1783
Standard
Rpd1764·Blz1737
All-time high
1842
−59 pts below
Sep 2024 · age 28
Sep 2024 · age 28
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#81,699
#81,699 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+256 Elo)
1586 → 1842
Sep 2024
All-time peak 1842
at age 28 · −59 from today
Sep 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 28
Sep 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 28
Apr 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 28
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1601 → returned at 1586
May 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-51
1834 → 1783
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
10.5/ 2247.7%
6W9D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/5 | #64 | 1928 | -12.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/6 | #43 | 1853 | -14.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/5 | #94 | 1802 | -22.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#8,320
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#58,893
in continent
World
#81,697
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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