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Juergens, Bernhard
🇩🇪FIDE 24606880· Male· Germany· Born in 1979
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Bernhard Juergens, a 47-year-old German player, is rated 2097 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and took a 16-month break between Jun 2024 and Nov 2025. Recent appearance: Landesliga Hamburg 2025-2026 April 2026. Also played 1 blitz event (including 22. DSAM-Blitzturnier - powered by chessemy) recently. His peak of 2160 was reached at age 37 (May 2016).
Current rating
2097
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2096
All-time high
2160
−63 pts below
May 2016 · age 37
May 2016 · age 37
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 7%
#15,701 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2095 → returned at 2083
Jun 2024
2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 40
May 2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 40
Feb 2019
2017
500 career games
at age 38
Feb 2017
2016
All-time peak 2160
at age 37 · −63 from today
May 2016
2013
Re-crossed 2100
at age 34
May 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+2
2095 → 2097
Tournaments
6
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
2W4D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1.5/2 | #7 | 2205 | +5.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #6 | 2888 | +10.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #28 | 2166 | +2.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #38 | 2067 | -0.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #43 | 1928 | -4.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #75 | 1209 | -12.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsHauke, Dr. ReddmannFM
🇩🇪GER·2198
+0 −7 =4
11 games·last met Dec 2016
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vsBjoern BenteFM
🇩🇪GER·2181
+2 −4 =3
9 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsJamshid Atri
🇩🇪GER·2061
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMalte ColpeIM
🇩🇪GER·2368
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Sep 2015
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vsHans-Juergen Schulz
🇩🇪GER·1884
+4 −0 =3
7 games·last met Nov 2014
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Rankings
/
Germany
#1,775
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#11,414
in continent
World
#15,701
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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