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Apel, Linus
🇩🇪FIDE 16265785· Male· Germany· Born in 2008
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Linus Apel, a 18-year-old German player, is rated 2004 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +221 Elo over the past 12 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 5. Int. Baden-Badener Faschingsopen 2026 A-Gruppe, and 22. Bad-Koenigshofen-Open 2025. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2018–2019) and 13 months (2022–2023).
At junior level, he reached #97, #77 and #40 nationally in U18, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2004
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
2004
at best
May 2026 · age 18
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
39 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#26,869
#26,869 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
10 entries2026
97th German U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2004
May 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 18
May 2026
All-time peak 2004
at age 18
May 2026
2025
Crossed 1800
at age 17
Jul 2025
Best 12-month gain (+233 Elo)
1522 → 1755
Feb 2025
2022
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1503 → returned at 1503
Sep 2022
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+221
1783 → 2004
Tournaments
6
39 games
Score
18.5/ 3947.4%
15W7D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/8 | #838 | 2093 | +50.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/8 | #69 | 2028 | +45.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/7 | #54 | 1904 | +0.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/6 | #119 | 1909 | +2.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #46 | 1974 | +4.0 |
Hot streak: 6 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#3,121
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#19,843
in continent
World
#26,869
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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