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Barzen, Pascal
FM🇩🇪FIDE 24653497· Male· Germany· Born in 1995
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Pascal Barzen, a 31-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2322 — just 26 short of his peak of 2348 (May 2025, age 30) and sitting in the top 2% of German players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 2 years. 25 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V Open Chess Menorca 2026, 34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS A, and 17th BPB Limburg Open 2025 Group A. Also played 1 rapid event (including 51. Deutsche Meisterschaft im Schnellschach 2025) recently. He took a 19-month break between Jan 2009 and Sep 2010.
Awarded FM in 2019 (age 24). At junior level, he reached #15, #14, #37 and #40 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2322
Standard
Rpd2366·Blz2404
All-time high
2348
−26 pts below
May 2025 · age 30
May 2025 · age 30
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#295 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
16 entries2025
All-time peak 2348
at age 30 · −26 from today
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 29
Jun 2024
2019
Re-crossed 2300
at age 24
Jul 2019
FM title awardedFM
at age 24
Feb 2019
2018
Crossed 2300
at age 23
Feb 2018
2015
15th German U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2228
May 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-26
2348 → 2322
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
10.5/ 1858.3%
7W7D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #63 | 2281 | -7.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #61 | 2266 | -19.0 |
Worst Elo result: 34th OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT OF KAVALA VASILIS THEODORIDIS A (-19.0 Elo, finished #61).
Most-Played Opponents
vsLukas WinterbergIM
🇩🇪GER·2397
+5 −5 =4
14 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsMichael SchenderowitschFM
🇩🇪GER·2214
+7 −2 =2
11 games·last met May 2024
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vsRick FrischmannFM
🇩🇪GER·2370
+4 −4 =2
10 games·last met May 2025
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vsMatthias Huschens
🇩🇪GER·2116
+6 −0 =3
9 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsPascal KarsayFM
🇩🇪GER·2376
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Germany
#295
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#2,241
in continent
World
#3,410
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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