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Kuegel, Tobias
IM🇩🇪FIDE 4636295· Male· Germany· Born in 1995
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Tobias Kuegel, a 31-year-old German International Master, is rated 2361 and sitting in the top 1% of German players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2350 and 2400 for 14 months. 111 rated games in the past year (≈47/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include MEGA BIG NORMS WARSAW IM ROUND-ROBIN, European Individual Chess Championship 2026, and Ponte de Lima Chess Festival 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including Zamosc Chess Cup 2025) and 1 blitz events (including CZECH OPEN 2025 - Q1 - blitz tournament) recently. His peak of 2428 was reached at age 29 (Sep 2024); he also reached German #88 in Jan 2025.
Awarded IM in 2024 (age 29), FM in 2022 (age 27), and CM in 2017 (age 22). At junior level, he reached #14, #24, #19 and #31 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2361
Standard
Rpd2322·Blz2318
All-time high
2428
−67 pts below
Sep 2024 · age 29
Sep 2024 · age 29
Activity
88
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
109 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#194 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
19 entries2025
Peak German rank: #88
at age 30 · rated 2426
Jan 2025
2024
All-time peak 2428
at age 29 · −72 from today
Sep 2024
IM title awardedIM
at age 29 · 2024 1st FIDE Council
May 2024
2023
Crossed 2400
at age 28
Aug 2023
K-factor lowered to 10
at age 28
Aug 2023
2022
Crossed 2300
at age 27
Oct 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-33
2394 → 2361
Tournaments
20
105 games
Score
69.5/ 10566.2%
47W45D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
19 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/7 | #2 | 2356 | +4.7 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 4.5/8 | #5 | 2289 | -10.1 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/11 | #189 | 2194 | -23.6 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/7 | #13 | 2274 | -8.4 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #73 | — | +2.7 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #36 | 2427 | +0.5 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2.5/3 | #9 | 2527 | +4.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #98 | 2403 | +0.5 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #46 | 2368 | -0.5 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6.5/9 | #5 | 2332 | +1.6 |
Rankings
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Germany
#194
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#1,560
in continent
World
#2,449
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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