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Buchal, Stephan

FM🇩🇪

FIDEFIDE 4603915· Male· Germany· Born in 1953

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Stephan Buchal, a 73-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2225 and sitting in the top 5% of German players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 8 months. 45 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Oberliga Nord West 2025-2026 April 2026, 27. NordWest-Cup Open A, and 1. Binzer Senioren-Open 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including 46. Norddeutsche Blitzschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026) recently. His peak of 2397 was reached at age 53 (Oct 2006).

Awarded FM in 2001 (age 48). Earned IM norms at 28. ChessOrg Schachfestival Open 2013 and 17.Offene Intl Bayerische 2013.

Current rating

2225

Standard

Rpd·Blz2237

All-time high

2397

172 pts below
Oct 2006 · age 53

Activity

42

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

45 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#670 · German players · of 14,156

Career timeline

22 entries
2025
43rd 70-75 player worldwide
at age 72 · rated 2257
Oct 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 71
Jun 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2200
at age 70
Sep 2023
2020
91st 65-70 player worldwide
at age 67 · rated 2280
Aug 2020
2017
64th 60-65 player worldwide
at age 64 · rated 2347
Sep 2017
500 career games
at age 64
Sep 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2026 - Open S65
perf 2334 (+132) · 5/7 · #66
Top opponent
Evolution
-33
22582225
Tournaments
11
45 games
Score
30.5/ 4567.8%
22W17D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

11 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
Apr 20265/7#662334+23.0
Team
Apr 20260/1#761270-14.0
Team
Mar 20261.5/2#162300+4.4
Open Swiss
Jan 20262.5/5#982072-20.0
Team
Jan 20261/1#72896+6.4
Open Swiss
Nov 20257/9#22238+7.0
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#381994-5.8
Team
Oct 20250/1#551242-15.4
Open Swiss
Oct 20255.5/8#312155-16.4
Team
Sep 20250.5/1#342234-0.6
Worst Elo result: 27. NordWest-Cup Open A (-20.0 Elo, finished #98).

Rankings

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Germany
#670
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#4,763
in continent
World
#6,903
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Germany
1
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2,767
2
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2,694
3
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2,657
4
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2,640
5
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2,634
6
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2,620
7
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2,593
8
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2,591
9
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2,588
10
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2,587
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670🇩🇪Buchal, Stephan2,225
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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4763🇩🇪Buchal, Stephan2,225
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
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2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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6903🇩🇪Buchal, Stephan2,225