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Knudsen, Max Leon

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FIDEFIDE 34629467· Male· Germany· Born in 2013

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Max Leon Knudsen, a 13-year-old German player, is rated 1437 — just 17 short of his peak of 1454 (Mar 2024, age 11). He has held steady between 1400 and 1450 for 9 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 7. Kieler DWZ-ELO-Cup, 2. Offene Deutsche Einzelmeisterschaft der Schachspieler mit Behinderung (ODBEM), and 37. Kieler Open 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including 3. Offenes Kieler ELO-Schnellschachturnier) recently. He took a 15-month break between May 2024 and Sep 2025.

At junior level, he reached #91 nationally in U10.

Current rating

1437

Standard

Rpd1408·Blz—

All-time high

1454

−17 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 11

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#208,224

#208,224 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

7 entries
2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1452 → returned at 1452
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+359 Elo)
1095 → 1454
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 11
Mar 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 11
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1454
at age 11 · −17 from today
Mar 2024
2023
91st German U10 player
at age 10 · rated 1095
Aug 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
2. Offene Deutsche Einzelmeisterschaft der Schachspieler mit Behinderung (ODBEM)
perf 1715 (+263) · 3/5 · #19
Top opponent
vs Holger Kathage 1,710
37. Kieler Open 2025 · Aug 2025 · +12.6 Elo
Evolution
-15
1452 → 1437
Tournaments
3
19 games
Score
6/ 1931.6%
5W2D12L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsDaniel Ihnatiev1,538·7. Kieler DWZ-ELO-Cup·R1·-14.3
2.[L]vsHenning Stree1,591·37. Kieler Open 2025·R9·-12.4
3.[L]vsAaron Paepke1,634·37. Kieler Open 2025·R8·-10.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
7. Kieler DWZ-ELO-Cup
Team
Sep 20251/1#402338-15.2
2. Offene Deutsche Einzelmeisterschaft der Schachspieler mit Behinderung (ODBEM)
Swiss
Aug 20253/5#191715+27.6
37. Kieler Open 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20252/8#1261497-28.0
Worst Elo result: 37. Kieler Open 2025 (-28.0 Elo, finished #126).

Rankings

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Germany
#14,035
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#126,051
in continent
World
#207,961
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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