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Walter, Richard
🇩🇪FIDE 34620028· Male· Germany· Born in 2009
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Richard Walter, a 17-year-old German player, is rated 2158 — just 16 short of his peak of 2174 (Dec 2025, age 16) and sitting in the top 5% of German players under 18, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is climbing fast, having gained +117 Elo over the past 12 months. 86 rated games in the past year (≈58/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Stichkampf zur Baden-Wuerttemberg-Liga 2026, Oberliga Wuerttemberg 2025-2026 April 2026, and Wuerttembergische Jugendeinzelmeisterschaften 2026 U18. Also played 3 rapid (including 1. Offenes Boeblinger Schnellschachturnier) and 8 blitz events (including Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaft 2025 Blitzturnier UE14) recently.
At junior level, he reached #34 and #29 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
2158
Standard
Rpd2235·Blz2196
All-time high
2174
−16 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 16
Dec 2025 · age 16
Activity
57
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
86 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#39 · German players under 18 · of 790
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Mar 2026
34th German U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2165
Jan 2026
2025
29th German U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2174
Dec 2025
All-time peak 2174
at age 16 · −16 from today
Dec 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 16
Oct 2025
100 career games
at age 16
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+141
2017 → 2158
Tournaments
17
70 games
Score
40/ 7057.1%
32W16D22L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #6 | 2886 | +17.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #35 | 2186 | +14.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #37 | 2006 | -6.0 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/7 | #1 | 2144 | +14.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2664 | +16.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #59 | 2145 | +24.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #63 | 1384 | -15.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #13 | 2741 | +8.8 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 1/9 | #10 | 1949 | -80.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #27 | 2008 | -8.8 |
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Rankings
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Germany
#1,161
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#7,632
in continent
World
#10,700
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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