Format
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Gaertner, Alessandro
🇩🇪FIDE 16268024· Male· Germany· Born in 2009
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Alessandro Gaertner, a 17-year-old German player, is rated 2078 — his current career high and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +62 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent appearances: Landes-Jugend-Einzelmeisterschaft Niedersachsen 2026 U18 and Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q5 B. Also played 1 rapid event (including Anderter Open & 10. Niedersaechsische Schnellschach-EM 2026) recently. He took a 15-month break between Sep 2021 and Jan 2023.
At junior level, he reached #61, #53, #68, #94 and #33 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2078
Standard
Rpd1970·Blz1641
All-time high
2078
at best
May 2026 · age 17
May 2026 · age 17
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#17,535 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
61st German U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2078
May 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
May 2026
All-time peak 2078
at age 17
May 2026
2025
53rd German U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2016
May 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 16
May 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+62
2016 → 2078
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
10/ 1471.4%
9W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 8/9 | #1 | 2252 | +82.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/4 | #78 | 1922 | -20.4 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,008
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#12,784
in continent
World
#17,535
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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