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Koch, Ralf-Johannes

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FIDEFIDE 24670219· Male· Germany· Born in 1960

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Ralf-Johannes Koch, a 66-year-old German player, is rated 1799. He has slipped back 56 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent appearances: 1. Itzehoer Chess-Cup Gruppe A and 37. Kieler Open 2025. He took a 15-month break between May 2023 and Sep 2024. His peak of 1944 was reached at age 47 (Oct 2007).

Current rating

1799

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1944

−145 pts below
Oct 2007 · age 47

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#76,691

#76,691 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

9 entries
2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 66
Feb 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+143 Elo)
1712 → 1855
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 64
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1712 → returned at 1804
May 2023
2015
100 career games
at age 55
Feb 2015
2007
Crossed 1800
at age 47
Oct 2007

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Lennart Schneider 1,861
1. Itzehoer Chess-Cup Gruppe A · Oct 2025 · +1.8 Elo
Evolution
-56
1855 → 1799
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
5/ 1435.7%
3W4D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsElof Cordts1,749·37. Kieler Open 2025·R3·+8.0
2.[W]vsAndreas Kohler1,615·37. Kieler Open 2025·R1·+4.7
3.[D]vsLennart Schneider1,861·1. Itzehoer Chess-Cup Gruppe A·R3·+1.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsFlemming Thomsen1,714·37. Kieler Open 2025·R6·-13.0
2.[L]vsSimon Sturm1,779·37. Kieler Open 2025·R9·-11.2
3.[L]vsTure Jablonski1,793·37. Kieler Open 2025·R5·-10.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
1. Itzehoer Chess-Cup Gruppe A
Open Swiss
Oct 20251/5#541639-21.8
37. Kieler Open 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20254/8#791804-33.6
Worst Elo result: 37. Kieler Open 2025 (-33.6 Elo, finished #79).

Rankings

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Germany
#7,915
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#55,520
in continent
World
#76,690
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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9
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