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Cernov, Henrik
FM🇩🇪FIDE 16258312· Male· Germany· Born in 2008
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Henrik Cernov, a 18-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2236 and ranked 19th among German players under 18, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has slipped back 89 Elo over the past 12 months. 99 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Paradiso Easter Festival 2026, Stein am Rhein Open 2026, and 85e Noteboomtoernooi. Also played 1 rapid (including Baden-Wuerttembergische Schnellschacheinzelmeisterschaft 2025) and 6 blitz events (including XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Blitz) recently. His peak of 2325 was reached at age 17 (May 2025).
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 17). At junior level, he reached World #94 in U14 and #9, #7, #12 and #51 nationally in U18, U16, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2236
Standard
Rpd2257·Blz2348
All-time high
2325
−89 pts below
May 2025 · age 17
May 2025 · age 17
Activity
91
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
99 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#19
#19 · German players under 18 · of 769
Career timeline
19 entries2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
Mar 2026
2025
9th German U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2325
Jun 2025
All-time peak 2325
at age 17 · −89 from today
May 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 17
Apr 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 17
Mar 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 17
Mar 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-89
2325 → 2236
Tournaments
17
99 games
Score
64/ 9964.6%
43W42D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/6 | #5 | 2162 | -5.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #3 | 2350 | +21.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/6 | #26 | 2256 | +13.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/5 | #3 | 2242 | +9.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #3 | 2284 | +11.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/9 | #91 | 2071 | -35.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 2286 | +7.6 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 1/3 | #5 | 1947 | -22.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/5 | #4 | 2211 | +0.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 2276 | +4.6 |
Worst Elo result: XXXVI Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Szachowy CRACOVIA 2025 Grupa A (-35.6 Elo, finished #91).
Most-Played Opponents
vsVadim CernovIM
🇷🇴ROU·2286
+0 −0 =25
25 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsClaudio Boschetti
🇨🇭SUI·2042
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsJulius Semling
🇩🇪GER·2323
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2025
View head-to-head →
vsHans-Joachim VatterFM
🇩🇪GER·2131
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2024
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Rankings
/
Germany
#624
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#4,415
in continent
World
#6,427
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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