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Kraus, Sebastian

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FIDEFIDE 24690260· Male· Germany· Born in 1995

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Sebastian Kraus, a 31-year-old German player, is rated 2081 — just 15 short of his peak of 2096 (May 2026, age 31) and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearances: 28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft and CZECH OPEN 2025 - A - GM open. Also played 1 rapid (including Bayerische Schnellschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2025 Oberliga) and 1 blitz events (including CZECH OPEN 2025 - Q1 - blitz tournament) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 14 months (2012–2014), 23 months (2016–2018) and 23 months (2018–2020).

Current rating

2081

Standard

Rpd1948·Blz1999

All-time high

2096

−15 pts below
May 2026 · age 31

Activity

25

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 8%

#17,247 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2026
All-time peak 2096
at age 31 · −15 from today
May 2026
2024
Crossed 2000
at age 29
Sep 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 28
Dec 2023
2018
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1819 → returned at 1890
Feb 2018
2016
Crossed 1800
at age 21
Feb 2016
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1822 → returned at 1819
Feb 2016

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
CZECH OPEN 2025 - A - GM open
perf 2160 (+77) · 3.5/9 · #152
Top opponent
vs Lars GoldbeckIM 2,415
28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft · Nov 2025 · +17.3 Elo
Evolution
+20
2061 → 2081
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
11.5/ 2742.6%
8W7D12L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
FE 3 Sardinia world chess - A
Open Swiss
May 20263/9#1392047-15.2
28. Offene Internationale Bayerische Schachmeisterschaft
Open Swiss
Nov 20255/9#1182141+12.6
CZECH OPEN 2025 - A - GM open
Open Swiss
Jul 20253.5/9#1522160+21.6
Worst Elo result: FE 3 Sardinia world chess - A (-15.2 Elo, finished #139).

Rankings

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Germany
#1,969
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#12,570
in continent
World
#17,247
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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