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Herman, Sara

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FIDEFIDE 30935016· Female· United States of America· Born in 2002

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Sara Herman, a 24-year-old American player, is rated 1900 — just 6 short of her peak of 1906 (Dec 2025, age 23). She has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 13 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent appearances: 30th Annual Mid-America Open - Major and 2025 Saint Louis Thanksgiving Open. She took a 29-month break between Dec 2019 and Jun 2022 (COVID-19 included).

At junior level, she reached #77 and #95 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

1900

Standard

Rpd1906·Blz1903

All-time high

1906

−6 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 23

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#48,130

#48,130 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2025
All-time peak 1906
at age 23 · −6 from today
Dec 2025
2022
77th American U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1831
Jun 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
2019
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1839 → returned at 1831
Dec 2019
Best 12-month gain (+139 Elo)
1743 → 1882
Nov 2019
95th American U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1882
Oct 2019

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Steven Szpisjak 1,876
30th Annual Mid-America Open - Major · Mar 2026 · +9.3 Elo
Evolution
-1
1901 → 1900
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
5.5/ 1150.0%
6W1D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
30th Annual Mid-America Open - Major
Open Swiss
Mar 20262/5#161867-5.8
2025 Saint Louis Thanksgiving Open
Open Swiss
Nov 20253.5/4#112096+5.2

Rankings

/
United States of America
#1,328
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#5,301
in continent
World
#48,129
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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