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Kalinitschew, Sergey
GM🇩🇪FIDE 4637321· Male· Germany· Born in 1956
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Sergey Kalinitschew, a 70-year-old German Grandmaster, is rated 2372 and sitting in the top 1% of German players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: Oberliga Nord Nord 2025-2026 April 2026. Also played 1 blitz event (including 46. Norddeutsche Blitzschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026) recently. His peak of 2535 was reached at age 47 (Apr 2003, World #354 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2001 (age 45).
Current rating
2372
Standard
Rpd2374·Blz2255
All-time high
2535
−163 pts below
Apr 2003 · age 47
Apr 2003 · age 47
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#168 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
24 entries2022
Re-crossed 2400
at age 66
Nov 2022
16th 65-70 player worldwide
at age 66 · rated 2405
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2434 → returned at 2408
Apr 2020
2019
20th 60-65 player worldwide
at age 63 · rated 2437
Jun 2019
2016
Re-crossed 2400
at age 60
Aug 2016
2015
1,000 career games
at age 59
Aug 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-18
2390 → 2372
Tournaments
9
17 games
Score
11/ 1764.7%
7W8D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 5/8 | #49 | 2323 | -4.3 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #17 | 2904 | +1.7 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #8 | 2322 | -1.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #13 | 2784 | +0.9 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #24 | 2028 | -3.9 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #9 | 2855 | +1.3 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #75 | 1345 | -8.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #12 | 2935 | +1.9 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #70 | 1425 | -7.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRene SternGM
🇩🇪GER·2499
+1 −3 =9
13 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsUlf Von HermanIM
🇩🇪GER·2261
+3 −0 =9
12 games·last met Jul 2016
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vsJakob MeisterGM
🇩🇪GER·2383
+0 −1 =8
9 games·last met Dec 2017
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vsFabian JahnzFM
🇩🇪GER·2211
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met Apr 2014
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vsRobert RabiegaGM
🇩🇪GER·2460
+0 −0 =7
7 games·last met Jan 2016
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Rankings
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Germany
#168
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#1,397
in continent
World
#2,192
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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