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Birkenmaier, Rainer
🇩🇪FIDE 4661117· Male· Germany· Born in 1972
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Rainer Birkenmaier, a 54-year-old German player, is rated 2046 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 36 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Vorarlberger Landesliga 2025-2026 Round 10-11, and Oberliga Baden-Wuerttemberg 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. He took a 14-month break between Oct 2005 and Jan 2007. His peak of 2169 was reached at age 38 (Nov 2010).
Current rating
2046
Standard
Rpd2131·Blz2147
All-time high
2169
−123 pts below
Nov 2010 · age 38
Nov 2010 · age 38
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 10%
#21,245 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 53
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 52
Feb 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 51
Sep 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 50
Jan 2022
2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 47
Sep 2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 47
Mar 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-42
2088 → 2046
Tournaments
11
29 games
Score
14/ 2948.3%
5W18D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/8 | #711 | 1969 | -23.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #18 | 2759 | +6.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #85 | 1384 | -6.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #64 | 2130 | +3.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #13 | 2121 | +2.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #71 | 1919 | -8.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #88 | 1513 | -4.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #53 | 1953 | -3.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #95 | 1406 | -6.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #47 | 2039 | -1.4 |
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
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