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Stephan, Axel
🇩🇪FIDE 4632834· Male· Germany· Born in 1975
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Axel Stephan, a 51-year-old German player, is rated 2225 and sitting in the top 5% of German players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and took a 35-month break between Mar 2020 and Mar 2023 (COVID-19 included). Recent standard appearances include Vorarlberger Landesliga 2025-2026 Round 10-11, Vorarlberger Landesliga 2025-2026 Round 8-9, and Landesliga Hamburg 2025-2026 Januar 2026. Also played 3 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Blitz 6) recently. His peak of 2311 was reached at age 26 (Oct 2001).
Current rating
2225
Standard
Rpd2132·Blz2220
All-time high
2311
−86 pts below
Oct 2001 · age 26
Oct 2001 · age 26
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 5%
#679 · German players · of 13,806
Career timeline
20 entries2026
66th German 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2225
May 2026
2025
45th German 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2228
Nov 2025
2020
73rd German 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 2216
Oct 2020
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2216 → returned at 2229
Mar 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2200
at age 44
Dec 2019
2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 42
Nov 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-3
2228 → 2225
Tournaments
3
3 games
Score
2/ 366.7%
1W2D0L
Top 1 win
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #42 | 2195 | -1.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #15 | 2692 | +2.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #36 | 2067 | -4.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#679
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#4,767
in continent
World
#6,897
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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