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Zelbel, Patrick

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FIDEFIDE 24624322· Male· Germany· Born in 1993

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Patrick Zelbel, a 33-year-old German International Master, is rated 2469 — just 24 short of his peak of 2493 (Nov 2024, age 31) and ranked 45th among German players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 4 years. 31 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 11, 2. Bundesliga Nord 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, and 2. Bundesliga West AUT 2025-2026 Round 6-8. He reached German #33 in Aug 2024.

Awarded IM in 2011 (age 18) and FM in 2009 (age 16). Earned a GM norm at 1. Bundesliga 2014/15. At junior level, he reached World #88 in U20, World #33 in U18, World #42 in U16, World #56 in U14 and #5 nationally in U12.

Current rating

2469

Standard

Rpd2456·Blz2407

All-time high

2493

24 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 31

Activity

26

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#45

#45 · German players · of 13,806

Career timeline

19 entries
2024
All-time peak 2493
at age 31 · −24 from today
Nov 2024
Peak German rank: #33
at age 31 · rated 2490
Aug 2024
2020
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2448 → returned at 2453
Apr 2020
2015
9-month rising streak
+45 Elo
May 2015
2014
Re-crossed 2400
at age 21
Feb 2014
2013
88th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2397
May 2013

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Mikhail GurevichGM 2,563
Evolution
-19
24882469
Tournaments
10
32 games
Score
17.5/ 3254.7%
9W18D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

10 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
Apr 20261/1#453363+6.4
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#282448-0.3
Team
Feb 20261.5/3#532406-2.5
Team
Jan 20261.5/2#342511+1.5
Team
Jan 20261/2#362368-2.7
Team
Dec 20251.5/2#242627+4.2
Open Swiss
Nov 20255.5/8#752422-2.0
Team
Oct 20250/1#13611317-8.9
Team
Sep 20250.5/2#792147-8.9
Round-Robin
Jun 20254.5/9#52445-5.3

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Germany
#45
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#502
in continent
World
#848
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Germany
1
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2,759
2
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2,694
3
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2,645
3
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2,645
5
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2,635
6
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2,620
7
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2,593
8
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2,592
9
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2,591
10
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2,587
...
45🇩🇪Zelbel, Patrick2,469
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
502🇩🇪Zelbel, Patrick2,469
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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848🇩🇪Zelbel, Patrick2,469