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De Visser, Leon
🇩🇪FIDE 24692891· Male· Germany· Born in 1991
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Leon De Visser, a 35-year-old German player, is rated 2194 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent appearances: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open and Oberliga Sued-West 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. He had 2 career breaks: 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 31 months (2023–2025). His peak of 2258 was reached at age 25 (May 2016).
At junior level, he reached #38 and #41 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2194
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
2258
−64 pts below
May 2016 · age 25
May 2016 · age 25
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 4%
#8,511 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2023
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 2228 → returned at 2214
Feb 2023
2020
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 2251 → returned at 2244
Apr 2020
2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 26
Nov 2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 26
Apr 2017
2016
100 career games
at age 25
Nov 2016
All-time peak 2258
at age 25 · −64 from today
May 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-34
2228 → 2194
Tournaments
7
20 games
Score
11.5/ 2057.5%
8W7D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #320 | 2107 | -25.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #17 | 2888 | +6.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/3 | #28 | 2152 | -3.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #50 | 2200 | -0.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1.5/2 | #19 | 2392 | +9.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #44 | 2062 | -8.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #79 | 1264 | -14.4 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#879
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#5,979
in continent
World
#8,511
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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