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Kaiser, Richard
🇩🇪FIDE 4651286· Male· Germany· Born in 1964
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Richard Kaiser, a 62-year-old German player, is rated 2046 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2000 and 2050 for 10 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include OOE Landesliga West 2025-2026 Round 11, OOE Landesliga West 2025-2026 Round 9-10, and Oberliga Bayern 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including R: 7 SPLIT OPEN RAPID TURNIR 2025) and 1 blitz events (including B: 8.SPONTANEOUS BLITZ - SPLIT OPEN 2025) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 26 months (2004–2006), 20 months (2007–2009) and 69 months (2010–2016). His peak of 2297 was reached at age 40 (Jul 2004).
Current rating
2046
Standard
Rpd2017·Blz1975
All-time high
2297
−251 pts below
Jul 2004 · age 40
Jul 2004 · age 40
Activity
37
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 10%
#21,245 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+106 Elo)
1979 → 2085
Jan 2025
2021
Re-crossed 2100
at age 57
Sep 2021
2017
100 career games
at age 53
Oct 2017
2010
Inactive for 69 months
paused at 2146 → returned at 2137
May 2010
2007
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2146 → returned at 2134
Oct 2007
2004
All-time peak 2297
at age 40 · −251 from today
Jul 2004
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
2054 → 2046
Tournaments
15
30 games
Score
14.5/ 3048.3%
13W5D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #58 | 1579 | -2.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #12 | 2756 | +7.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #36 | 2757 | +7.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #71 | 2130 | +2.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #64 | 1229 | -10.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #5 | 2672 | +13.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #60 | 1440 | -4.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #22 | — | +2.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #65 | 1470 | -4.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #76 | 1418 | -5.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,471
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#15,603
in continent
World
#21,245
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Germany
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