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Chin, Karin
🇩🇪FIDE 24608157· Female· Germany· Born in 1988
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Karin Chin, a 38-year-old German player, is rated 2075 — just 26 short of her peak of 2101 (Jul 2009, age 21) and ranked 45th among German women, and in the top 8% worldwide. She plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 17 months (2016–2017), 17 months (2018–2019) and 43 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: Landesliga Hamburg 2025-2026 Februar 2026.
At junior level, she reached #78 and #63 nationally in U20 and U16.
Current rating
2075
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
2101
−26 pts below
Jul 2009 · age 21
Jul 2009 · age 21
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#45
#45 · German women · of 1,140
Career timeline
13 entries2020
Inactive for 43 months
paused at 2042 → returned at 2037
Apr 2020
2018
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2024 → returned at 2014
May 2018
2016
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2050 → returned at 2051
May 2016
2009
Crossed 2100
at age 21
Jul 2009
All-time peak 2101
at age 21 · −26 from today
Jul 2009
2008
78th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2064
Jul 2008
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+11
2064 → 2075
Tournaments
6
6 games
Score
4.5/ 675.0%
4W1D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #12 | 2858 | +9.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #20 | 2734 | +6.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #16 | 2638 | +4.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #62 | 1182 | -12.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #17 | 2825 | +9.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #32 | 1771 | -7.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,047
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#13,039
in continent
World
#17,851
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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