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Kaiser, Michael
🇩🇪FIDE 24616192· Male· Germany· Born in 1963
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Michael Kaiser, a 63-year-old German player, is rated 1916 — just 4 short of his peak of 1920 (Apr 2025, age 62). He is progressing steadily with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 58. Niedersaechsische Senioren-Schacheinzelmeisterschaft 2026, 3. Internationales Schachopen Graal-Mueritz, and Schachtuerken-Cup 2025 A-Open. He had 3 career breaks: 32 months (2010–2013), 23 months (2015–2017) and 18 months (2017–2018).
Current rating
1916
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1920
−4 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 62
Apr 2025 · age 62
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
36 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#44,297
#44,297 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 1920
at age 62 · −4 from today
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+100 Elo)
1807 → 1907
Jul 2024
2020
100 career games
at age 57
Feb 2020
2017
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1877 → returned at 1829
Feb 2017
2015
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1864 → returned at 1877
Feb 2015
2010
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 1841 → returned at 1843
May 2010
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+10
1906 → 1916
Tournaments
6
37 games
Score
20/ 3754.1%
14W12D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/6 | #31 | 1956 | -2.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/7 | #20 | 2033 | +26.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/7 | #63 | 1940 | +9.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1.5/5 | #39 | 1719 | -25.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/6 | #43 | 1922 | +0.6 |
Worst Elo result: Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Finale C (-25.4 Elo, finished #39).
Rankings
/
Germany
#4,907
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#32,656
in continent
World
#44,297
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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