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Kersten, Uwe

IM🇩🇪

FIDEFIDE 4615646· Male· Germany· Born in 1968

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Uwe Kersten, a 58-year-old German International Master, is rated 2164 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 2 years. 58 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 5. Int. Baden-Badener Faschingsopen 2026 A-Gruppe, 36. Staufer Open A, and Hessische Einzelmeisterschaften 2025 Meister-Turnier. Also played 1 blitz event (including 5. Offenes Muensteraner ELO-Blitzschachturnier) recently. His peak of 2369 was reached at age 33 (Oct 2001).

Awarded IM in 2020 (age 52) and FM in 2001 (age 33).

Current rating

2164

Standard

Rpd2226·Blz2199

All-time high

2369

−205 pts below
Oct 2001 · age 33

Activity

53

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

58 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#10,296 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

20 entries
2024
95th German 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2215
Apr 2024
2023
1,000 career games
at age 55
Feb 2023
2022
96th German 50-55 player
at age 54 · rated 2261
Oct 2022
2020
IM title awardedIM
at age 52
Mar 2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2252 → returned at 2257
Mar 2020
2015
79th German 45-50 player
at age 47 · rated 2311
Jan 2015

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
34. Wiesbadener Schlosspark-Open 2025
perf 2283 (+102) · 5.5/7 · #7
Top opponent
vs Jakob Leon PajekenIM 2,467
Heusenstamm Sparkassen Open 2025 A · Nov 2025 · +3.4 Elo
Evolution
-7
2171 → 2164
Tournaments
9
54 games
Score
31/ 5457.4%
21W22D11L

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
5. Int. Baden-Badener Faschingsopen 2026 A-Gruppe
Open Swiss
Feb 20262/2#1582707-6.4
36. Staufer Open A
Open Swiss
Jan 20265/9#742118-7.1
Hessische Einzelmeisterschaften 2025 Meister-Turnier
Swiss
Dec 20252.5/7#132141-4.0
Heusenstamm Sparkassen Open 2025 A
Open Swiss
Nov 20254/7#712195+1.8
42. Muensterland-Open
Open Swiss
Oct 20255.5/8#302132-2.3

Rankings

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Germany
#1,116
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#7,336
in continent
World
#10,296
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Germany
1
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2
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3
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2,645
3
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2,645
5
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2,635
6
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2,620
7
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2,593
8
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2,592
9
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2,591
10
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2,587
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Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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7336🇩🇪Kersten, Uwe2,164
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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10296🇩🇪Kersten, Uwe2,164