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Birke, Dennis
🇩🇪FIDE 34606750· Male· Germany· Born in 2006
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Dennis Birke, a 20-year-old German player, is rated 1861 — just 16 short of his peak of 1877 (May 2024, age 18). He is on a steady climb with +50 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open, 5. Int. Baden-Badener Faschingsopen 2026 A-Gruppe, and Airport Open 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Wuerttembergische Mannschaftsmeisterschaft - Schnell 2026) and 4 blitz events (including 16. Heuchelberg-Cup 2025) recently.
Current rating
1861
Standard
Rpd1840·Blz1917
All-time high
1877
−16 pts below
May 2024 · age 18
May 2024 · age 18
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#58,330
#58,330 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Nov 2024
Best 12-month gain (+328 Elo)
1549 → 1877
May 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 18
May 2024
All-time peak 1877
at age 18 · −16 from today
May 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 18
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+41
1820 → 1861
Tournaments
8
39 games
Score
19/ 3948.7%
15W12D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2/6 | #97 | 1855 | -2.8 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2455 | +4.8 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/7 | #668 | 2123 | +2.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/8 | #106 | 2090 | +34.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #13 | 1981 | +10.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #5 | 1237 | -4.4 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #4 | 1758 | -1.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 0/1 | #11 | 1534 | -1.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
Rankings
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Germany
#6,283
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#42,745
in continent
World
#58,329
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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