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Vortmeier, Jan
🇩🇪FIDE 16261321· Male· Germany· Born in 2007
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Jan Vortmeier, a 19-year-old German player, is rated 2109 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +71 Elo over the past 12 months. 84 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Dutch Team Competition - klasse 1 Round 6, and NRW-Klasse Gruppe 2 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 1 blitz event (including Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaft 2025 Blitzturnier UE14) recently. His peak of 2244 was reached at age 17 (Jun 2024).
At junior level, he reached #22, #12, #49 and #33 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U12.
Current rating
2109
Standard
Rpd1950·Blz2151
All-time high
2244
−135 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 17
Jun 2024 · age 17
Activity
58
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
77 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#14,555 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
22nd German U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2213
Jan 2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 19
Jan 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Jul 2025
2024
12th German U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2244
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-89
2198 → 2109
Tournaments
21
61 games
Score
30/ 6149.2%
22W16D23L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
20 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/7 | #29 | 1932 | -36.4 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/7 | #27 | 2055 | -15.8 |
Team | May 2026 | 0/1 | #34 | 1492 | -6.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/8 | #580 | 2177 | +2.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #160 | 1410 | -10.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #64 | 1299 | -13.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #31 | 1344 | -11.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #146 | 1529 | -6.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #19 | 2229 | +1.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #33 | 1441 | -9.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,637
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#10,554
in continent
World
#14,555
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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