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Kauth, Lukas
🇩🇪FIDE 16272994· Male· Germany· Born in 2008
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Lukas Kauth, a 18-year-old German player, is rated 2151 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +157 Elo over the past 12 months. 70 rated games in the past year (≈56/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Oberliga Baden-Wuerttemberg 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, and 5. Int. Baden-Badener Faschingsopen 2026 A-Gruppe. Also played 2 rapid (including 1. Offenes Boeblinger Schnellschachturnier) and 7 blitz events (including Wuerttembergische Mannschafts-Meisterschaft - Blitz 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #46 and #51 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
2151
Standard
Rpd1963·Blz2114
All-time high
2151
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
71
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
70 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#650 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2151
at age 18
Jun 2026
46th German U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2122
Apr 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Mar 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+85
2066 → 2151
Tournaments
10
70 games
Score
44/ 7062.9%
30W28D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/7 | #4 | 2143 | +26.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/6 | #20 | 2213 | +36.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #304 | 2039 | -34.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #38 | 2130 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/9 | #36 | 2232 | +102.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #30 | 2047 | +22.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/6 | #85 | 1866 | -58.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #10 | 1987 | -38.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/7 | #3 | 2141 | +25.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/7 | #5 | 2168 | +71.6 |
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Rankings
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Germany
#1,223
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#8,013
in continent
World
#11,181
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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