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Melzer, Marcel

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FIDEFIDE 24671886· Male· Germany· Born in 1989

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Marcel Melzer, a 37-year-old German player, is rated 1908 — just 10 short of his peak of 1918 (Feb 2025, age 36). He is currently in the 1900–1950 range. 14 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearance: 36. Staufer Open A. Also played 2 blitz events (including Bezirksblitzmannschaftsmeisterschaft Alb-Schwarzwald 2025-2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2014–2015) and 35 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included).

Current rating

1908

Standard

Rpd1891·Blz1944

All-time high

1918

−10 pts below
Feb 2025 · age 36

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#46,150

#46,150 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

8 entries
2025
All-time peak 1918
at age 36 · −10 from today
Feb 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+79 Elo)
1827 → 1906
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 1854 → returned at 1827
Feb 2020
2017
100 career games
at age 28
May 2017
2014
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1877 → returned at 1878
May 2014
2008
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Jul 2008

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
4. Horber Pfingstgambit
perf 1981 (+73) · 4/5 · #26
Top opponent
vs Nikita Weber 2,022
36. Staufer Open A · Jan 2026 · +13.5 Elo
Evolution
-10
1918 → 1908
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
7.5/ 1453.6%
7W1D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsNikita Weber2,022·36. Staufer Open A·R1·+13.5
2.[W]vsDaniel Erhardt1,831·36. Staufer Open A·R9·+8.2
3.[W]vsAdhav Shanmuganathan1,793·36. Staufer Open A·R8·+7.2
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYuefan ChenWCM1,804·36. Staufer Open A·R4·-12.5
2.[L]vsMika Cromm1,844·36. Staufer Open A·R5·-11.4
3.[L]vsQuentin Andrei1,865·36. Staufer Open A·R7·-10.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
4. Horber Pfingstgambit
Open Swiss
May 20264/5#261981+13.6
36. Staufer Open A
Open Swiss
Jan 20263.5/9#2101823-24.0
Worst Elo result: 36. Staufer Open A (-24.0 Elo, finished #210).

Rankings

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Germany
#5,090
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#34,002
in continent
World
#46,149
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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5090🇩🇪Melzer, Marcel1,908
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34002🇩🇪Melzer, Marcel1,908
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