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Overbeck, Thorsten
FM🇩🇪FIDE 4663365· Male· Germany· Born in 1983
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Thorsten Overbeck, a 43-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2207 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 35 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include 2. Bundesliga West AUT 2025-2026 Round 9-11, Salzburger Landesliga A 2025-2026 Round 8-9, and Landesliga Bayern Sued 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 1 blitz event (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Open Austrian Team Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2003–2005) and 46 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2334 was reached at age 32 (Mar 2015).
Awarded FM in 2010 (age 27). At junior level, he reached #48 and #32 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2207
Standard
Rpd2247·Blz2174
All-time high
2334
−127 pts below
Mar 2015 · age 32
Mar 2015 · age 32
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#7,770 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
17 entries2024
38th German 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2265
Aug 2024
2020
51st German 35-40 player
at age 37 · rated 2279
Oct 2020
Inactive for 46 months
paused at 2279 → returned at 2272
Mar 2020
2015
96th German 20-35 player
at age 32 · rated 2334
Mar 2015
All-time peak 2334
at age 32 · −127 from today
Mar 2015
2012
Re-crossed 2300
at age 29
Sep 2012
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-35
2242 → 2207
Tournaments
11
14 games
Score
6.5/ 1446.4%
5W3D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
top 10 of 11| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #44 | 2058 | -12.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #57 | 2161 | -1.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #24 | 2868 | +6.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #11 | 2861 | +5.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #45 | 2239 | +0.8 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#805
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#5,445
in continent
World
#7,770
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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