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Ludwig, John

IM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 2075512· Male· United States of America· Born in 2000

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John Ludwig, a 26-year-old American International Master, is rated 2345 and sitting in the top 3% of American players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 6 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 NY Marshall Winter Invitational - Six Day GM B, 2025 U.S. Masters, and 2025 Fall CCC GM Norm Invitational (36) - B. He took a 45-month break between Aug 2021 and Jun 2025. His peak of 2413 was reached at age 17 (May 2017, American #82 at the time).

Awarded IM in 2020 (age 20). At junior level, he reached World #68 in U18, World #57 in U16, World #66 in U14, World #8 in U12 and #13 nationally in U20.

Current rating

2345

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2413

−68 pts below
May 2017 · age 17

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#132 · American players · of 5,026

Career timeline

20 entries
2021
Inactive for 45 months
paused at 2364 → returned at 2369
Aug 2021
2020
IM title awardedIM
at age 20 · 90th FIDE Congress 2019
Mar 2020
13th American U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2373
Feb 2020
2017
Peak American rank: #82
at age 17 · rated 2413
May 2017
68th U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2413
May 2017
Crossed 2400
at age 17
May 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Tuan Minh LeGM 2,598
2025 U.S. Masters · Nov 2025 · +3.1 Elo
Evolution
-24
2369 → 2345
Tournaments
5
33 games
Score
15/ 3345.5%
9W12D12L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 NY Marshall Winter Invitational - Six Day GM B
Round-Robin
Jan 20264/9#82351+0.5
2025 U.S. Masters
Open Swiss
Nov 20255/9#892311-4.0
2025 Fall CCC GM Norm Invitational (36) - B
Round-Robin
Nov 20253.5/9#72306-6.4
33rd Annual Midwest Class Championship - Premier
Open Swiss
Oct 20251.5/3#412164-3.9
2025 Ohio Chess Congress
Swiss
Aug 20251/3#342059-10.5

Rankings

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United States of America
#132
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#325
in continent
World
#2,808
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
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2,792
1
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2,792
3
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2,753
4
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2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
7
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
132🇺🇸Ludwig, John2,345
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
1
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
7
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
325🇺🇸Ludwig, John2,345
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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2808🇺🇸Ludwig, John2,345