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Braak, Richard, Dr.
🇩🇪FIDE 24626422· Male· Germany· Born in 1985
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Richard, Dr. Braak, a 41-year-old German player, is rated 1959 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 7 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Jubilaeums-Open 2025 Darmstadt, and Internationale Stuttgarter Stadtmeisterschaft 2025 A-Turnier. Also played 1 blitz event (including Stuttgarter Bezirks-Blitz-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 15 months (2013–2014), 105 months (2015–2024) and 15 months (2024–2025).
Previously known as Richard Guenzler (until Sep 2015).
Current rating
1959
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1970
All-time high
1959
at best
Mar 2024 · age 39
Mar 2024 · age 39
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#34,832
#34,832 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
10 entries2026
100 career games
at age 41
May 2026
2024
All-time peak 1959
at age 39
Mar 2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1959 → returned at 1947
Mar 2024
2015
Renamed to Braak, Richard
at age 30
Sep 2015
Inactive for 105 months
paused at 1932 → returned at 1959
May 2015
2013
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1957 → returned at 1954
Feb 2013
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1959 → 1959
Tournaments
3
23 games
Score
11.5/ 2350.0%
9W5D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/9 | #138 | 1978 | +3.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/6 | #32 | 2122 | +7.8 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 2.5/7 | #69 | 1902 | -11.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#4,000
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#25,754
in continent
World
#34,832
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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