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Berchtenbreiter, Maximilian
IM🇩🇪FIDE 24641120· Male· Germany· Born in 1994
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Maximilian Berchtenbreiter, a 32-year-old German International Master, is rated 2450 and sitting in the top 1% of German players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 3 years. 14 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 6-11, 2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Januar 2026, and 1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 1-5. Also played 2 rapid (including 12. BrainGames 2026) and 1 blitz events (including 1. Blitz-Open im Muenchner Oberland) recently. His peak of 2521 was reached at age 28 (Apr 2022, German #28 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2013 (age 19) and FM in 2012 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #51 in U20, World #89 in U18, World #68 in U16, World #94 in U12 and #4 nationally in U14.
Current rating
2450
Standard
Rpd2420·Blz2475
All-time high
2521
−71 pts below
Apr 2022 · age 28
Apr 2022 · age 28
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#59 · German players · of 13,806
Career timeline
21 entries2022
Peak German rank: #28
at age 28 · rated 2521
May 2022
All-time peak 2521
at age 28 · −71 from today
Apr 2022
2020
Crossed 2500
at age 26
Dec 2020
2018
6-month rising streak
+30 Elo
May 2018
Re-crossed 2400
at age 24
Feb 2018
2015
500 career games
at age 21
Jul 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-22
2472 → 2450
Tournaments
4
13 games
Score
4/ 1330.8%
2W4D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1.5/6 | #62 | 2349 | -8.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #28 | 3013 | +2.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/5 | #72 | 2260 | -12.9 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #45 | 2212 | -3.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsThomas ReichIM
🇩🇪GER·2247
+10 −7 =1
18 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSiegfried NeuschmiedFM
🇦🇹AUT·2209
+14 −1 =0
15 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsChiara PolterauerWFM
🇦🇹AUT·2105
+9 −2 =0
11 games·last met May 2025
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vsHansjoerg Blaas
🇦🇹AUT·2169
+8 −0 =1
9 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsMoriz Binder
🇦🇹AUT·2206
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Germany
#59
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#608
in continent
World
#1,012
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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