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Wegener, Olaf

IM🇩🇪

FIDEFIDE 4639057· Male· Germany· Born in 1981

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Olaf Wegener, a 45-year-old German International Master, is rated 2380 and sitting in the top 1% of German players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2350 and 2400 for 2 years. 24 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, S: OTVORENI MEDJUNARODNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR 4. OPEN HVAR 2025., and Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2025 A-Open. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2007–2009) and 29 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2449 was reached at age 33 (Nov 2014, German #85 at the time).

Awarded IM in 2005 (age 24) and FM in 2001 (age 20). At junior level, he reached #11 nationally in U20.

Current rating

2380

Standard

Rpd2363·Blz—

All-time high

2449

−69 pts below
Nov 2014 · age 33

Activity

33

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#155 · German players · of 14,156

Career timeline

15 entries
2023
15th German 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 2413
Dec 2023
2019
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 2421 → returned at 2417
Dec 2019
2014
Peak German rank: #85
at age 33 · rated 2449
Nov 2014
All-time peak 2449
at age 33 · −69 from today
Nov 2014
2007
100 career games
at age 26
Jul 2007
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2404 → returned at 2405
Jul 2007

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Maxim RodshteinGM 2,601
2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Februar 2026 · Feb 2026 · +2.8 Elo
Evolution
-5
2385 → 2380
Tournaments
6
24 games
Score
14/ 2458.3%
6W16D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Maerz 2026
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#682448+1.0
2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Februar 2026
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#992601+2.8
2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Dezember 2025
Team
Dec 20251/2#642491+3.2
S: OTVORENI MEDJUNARODNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR 4. OPEN HVAR 2025.
Open Swiss
Oct 20256/9#132378+2.7
2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 September 2025
Team
Sep 20250.5/2#882308-1.6
Sparkassen Chess Trophy 2025 A-Open
Open Swiss
Aug 20255.5/9#442270-12.5
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.

Rankings

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Germany
#155
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#1,307
in continent
World
#2,043
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Germany
1
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2,767
2
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2,694
3
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2,657
4
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2,640
5
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2,634
6
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2,620
7
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2,593
8
🇩🇪Wagner, DennisFollow Dennis WagnerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,591
9
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2,588
10
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2,587
...
155🇩🇪Wegener, Olaf2,380
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
...
1307🇩🇪Wegener, Olaf2,380
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
...
2043🇩🇪Wegener, Olaf2,380