Format
BA
Boesel, Alexander
🇩🇪FIDE 4623185· Male· Germany· Born in 1991
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Alexander Boesel, a 35-year-old German player, is rated 2088 — his current career high and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +34 Elo over the past 12 months. 48 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include NRW-Klasse Gruppe 1 2025-2026 Februar 2026, Deutsche Schach-Amateurmeisterschaft 2025-2026 Q2 B, and 8. Schach-Open Leer 2025 A-Turnier. Also played 2 rapid (including 18. Steinfurter Sparkassen-Cup 2025) and 3 blitz events (including 7. Offenes Muensteraner ELO Blitzschachturnier) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 23 months (2009–2011), 53 months (2011–2015) and 33 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #26 nationally in U16.
Current rating
2088
Standard
Rpd1990·Blz1982
All-time high
2088
at best
Apr 2026 · age 35
Apr 2026 · age 35
Activity
50
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
48 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#16,556 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
All-time peak 2088
at age 35
Apr 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+90 Elo)
1964 → 2054
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 33
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 33
Jan 2024
2022
Re-crossed 2000
at age 31
Dec 2022
2021
Re-crossed 2000
at age 30
Nov 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+34
2054 → 2088
Tournaments
10
49 games
Score
25.5/ 4952.0%
21W11D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #9 | 2763 | +14.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #20 | 2087 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2346 | +28.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #66 | 1279 | -9.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #47 | 1978 | -2.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/7 | #44 | 2009 | -7.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/8 | #44 | 2117 | +14.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/9 | #51 | 2090 | +12.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/5 | #22 | 2035 | -2.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/9 | #167 | 1997 | -14.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,880
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#12,045
in continent
World
#16,556
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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