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Gerks, Joachim
🇩🇪FIDE 24680630· Male· Germany· Born in 1959
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Joachim Gerks, a 67-year-old German player, is rated 1865 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +23 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent appearances: 1. Binzer Senioren-Open 2025 and 19. Offene Senioreneinzelmeisterschaft Schleswig-Holstein. He took a 12-month break between Apr 2016 and May 2017.
Current rating
1865
Standard
Rpd1881·Blz1881
All-time high
1865
at best
Jan 2026 · age 67
Jan 2026 · age 67
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#57,203
#57,203 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
13 entries2026
All-time peak 1865
at age 67
Jan 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+115 Elo)
1727 → 1842
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 65
Mar 2024
2021
Re-crossed 1800
at age 62
Sep 2021
2020
Re-crossed 1800
at age 61
Jan 2020
2019
100 career games
at age 60
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+23
1842 → 1865
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
5/ 1050.0%
3W4D3L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsEmanuela Deak-Willimsky1,660·19. Offene Senioreneinzelmeisterschaft Schleswig-Holstein·R2·+5.1
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsHans-Rudolf Kreutzkamp2,101·19. Offene Senioreneinzelmeisterschaft Schleswig-Holstein·R1·-3.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/8 | #101 | 1954 | +21.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #214 | 1881 | +1.6 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#6,118
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#41,884
in continent
World
#57,203
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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