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Gurack, Daniel
🇩🇪FIDE 4647033· Male· Germany· Born in 1972
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Daniel Gurack, a 54-year-old German player, is rated 2048 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +67 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 3. Internationales Schachopen Graal-Mueritz, Landesliga Brandenburg 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, and Landesliga Brandenburg 2024-2025 Mai 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Landesmannschaftsmeisterschaft Blitzschach Brandenburg 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 41 months (2002–2005) and 28 months (2012–2014). His peak of 2190 was reached at age 29 (Jan 2001).
Current rating
2048
Standard
Rpd2061·Blz2037
All-time high
2190
−142 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 29
Jan 2001 · age 29
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 10%
#21,003 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Best 12-month gain (+67 Elo)
1981 → 2048
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 54
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 53
Nov 2025
2012
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 2065 → returned at 2065
May 2012
2010
100 career games
at age 38
May 2010
2002
Inactive for 41 months
paused at 2176 → returned at 2187
Jan 2002
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+55
1993 → 2048
Tournaments
7
15 games
Score
9.5/ 1563.3%
6W7D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/7 | #40 | 2175 | +32.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #11 | 2176 | +8.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #19 | 2823 | +10.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #59 | 1283 | -7.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #29 | 2056 | +1.6 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,457
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#15,435
in continent
World
#21,003
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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