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Gutman, Lev

GM🇩🇪

FIDEFIDE 4600177· Male· Germany· Born in 1945

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Lev Gutman, a 81-year-old German Grandmaster, is rated 2261 and sitting in the top 4% of German players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 2 years. 18 rated games in the past year (≈73/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 27. NordWest-Cup Open A, 15. Ems-Vechte-Cup, and 41. Turm-Open. Also played 1 rapid event (including 18. Steinfurter Sparkassen-Cup 2025) recently. His peak of 2527 was reached at age 56 (Jan 2001, World #332 at the time).

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 56).

Current rating

2261

Standard

Rpd2403·Blz2337

All-time high

2527

−266 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 56

Activity

35

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 4%

#499 · German players · of 14,156

Career timeline

23 entries
2026
6th 80+ player worldwide
at age 81 · rated 2261
May 2026
2021
2nd 75-80 player worldwide
at age 76 · rated 2393
Nov 2021
2020
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2393 → returned at 2393
Apr 2020
Re-crossed 2400
at age 75
Jan 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2400
at age 74
Nov 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2400
at age 73
Jan 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
41. Turm-Open
perf 2371 (+108) · 5.5/7 · #2
Top opponent
vs Hussain BesouIM 2,350
41. Turm-Open · Jun 2025 · +1.2 Elo
Evolution
-2
2263 → 2261
Tournaments
3
19 games
Score
13.5/ 1971.1%
11W5D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAlexej WagnerFM2,193·41. Turm-Open·R7·+4.0
2.[W]vsFabian StemmlerCM2,190·41. Turm-Open·R4·+4.0
3.[W]vsFabian StemmlerCM2,175·27. NordWest-Cup Open A·R4·+3.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRonald Koehler2,090·27. NordWest-Cup Open A·R2·-7.3
2.[L]vsThore Meiwes2,128·15. Ems-Vechte-Cup·R5·-6.8
3.[L]vsVitaly SivukGM2,511·27. NordWest-Cup Open A·R6·-1.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
27. NordWest-Cup Open A
Open Swiss
Jan 20264.5/7#152276+1.9
15. Ems-Vechte-Cup
Open Swiss
Oct 20253.5/4#132246-4.0
41. Turm-Open
Open Swiss
Jun 20255.5/7#22371+11.1

Most-Played Opponents

vsHenrik TeskeGM
🇩🇪GER·2433
+2 −2 =8
12 games·last met Aug 2014
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vsViesturs MeijersGM
🇱🇻LAT
+2 −2 =7
11 games·last met Jan 2017
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vsIlja SchneiderIM
🇩🇪GER·2450
+0 −3 =7
10 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsRafael Torres-KuckelFM
🇩🇪GER·2118
+5 −0 =4
9 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsVladimir EpishinGM
🇷🇺RUS·2274
+0 −4 =5
9 games·last met Jul 2019
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Rankings

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Germany
#499
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#3,681
in continent
World
#5,420
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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8
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Europe
1
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2
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7
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1
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2
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7
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2,764
8
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