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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 1894 — just 24 short of his peak of 1918 (Feb 2025, age 36). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2014–2015) and 35 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: 36. Staufer Open A. Also played 2 blitz events (including Bezirksblitzmannschaftsmeisterschaft Alb-Schwarzwald 2025-2026) recently.

Current rating

1894

Standard

Rpd1891·Blz1944

All-time high

1918

−24 pts below
Feb 2025 · age 36

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#49,654

#49,654 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

8 entries
2025
All-time peak 1918
at age 36 · −24 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

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Nikita Weber 2,022
36. Staufer Open A · Jan 2026 · +13.5 Elo
Evolution
-24
1918 → 1894
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
3.5/ 938.9%
3W1D5L
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

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
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
#5,444
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#36,538
in continent
World
#49,654
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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7
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10
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Europe
1
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2
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7
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