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Groen, Benjamin
🇩🇪FIDE 16250559· Male· Germany· Born in 2004
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Benjamin Groen, a 22-year-old German player, is rated 2028 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +101 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include XL. Aeskulap-Open, 29. Wertheraner Schloss-Open 2026 Gruppe A, and Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open. Also played 1 blitz event (including 16. DSAM-Blitzturnier) recently. He took a 26-month break between Apr 2020 and Jul 2022 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
2028
Standard
Rpd1870·Blz1915
All-time high
2028
at best
May 2026 · age 22
May 2026 · age 22
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#23,484
#23,484 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 2028
at age 22
May 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 22
Feb 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 20
Feb 2024
100 career games
at age 20
Feb 2024
2023
Best 12-month gain (+161 Elo)
1703 → 1864
Feb 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+101
1927 → 2028
Tournaments
5
28 games
Score
18/ 2864.3%
13W10D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/7 | #35 | 2066 | +7.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/6 | #21 | 2034 | +1.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/6 | #33 | 2481 | +56.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/3 | #16 | 2074 | +6.0 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/5 | #5 | 2166 | +29.6 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,728
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#17,294
in continent
World
#23,484
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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