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Will, Jens
🇩🇪FIDE 24647233· Male· Germany· Born in 1987
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Jens Will, a 39-year-old German player, is rated 2061 — just 15 short of his peak of 2076 (Feb 2019, age 32) and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: 12. Claus-Koepke-Gedaechtnispokal 2026 and Jubilaeums-Open 2025 Darmstadt. Also played 1 blitz event (including 5. Nikolaus-Blitzturnier SK 1980 Gernsheim) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 39 months (2009–2012), 30 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2023–2025).
Current rating
2061
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1939
All-time high
2076
−15 pts below
Feb 2019 · age 32
Feb 2019 · age 32
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 9%
#19,461 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2063 → returned at 2052
Mar 2023
2019
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 2075 → returned at 2075
Nov 2019
All-time peak 2076
at age 32 · −15 from today
Feb 2019
2018
Best 12-month gain (+70 Elo)
2003 → 2073
May 2018
2015
100 career games
at age 28
May 2015
2014
Crossed 2000
at age 27
Apr 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+29
2032 → 2061
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
9/ 1275.0%
7W4D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #5 | 2104 | +7.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/6 | #31 | 2329 | +22.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,255
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#14,251
in continent
World
#19,461
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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