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JG
Junesch, Gerhard
FM🇩🇪FIDE 4674944· Male· Germany· Born in 1971
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Gerhard Junesch, a 55-year-old German FIDE Master, is rated 2241 and sitting in the top 4% of German players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 108 months (2001–2010), 27 months (2010–2012) and 19 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: 41. Internationales Boeblinger Open A. Also played 2 rapid (including Remstal-Open 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Wuerttembergische Mannschafts-Meisterschaft - Blitz 2026) recently. His peak of 2356 was reached at age 43 (Mar 2014).
Awarded FM in 2013 (age 42).
Current rating
2241
Standard
Rpd2236·Blz2134
All-time high
2356
−115 pts below
Mar 2014 · age 43
Mar 2014 · age 43
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 4%
#580 · German players · of 14,156
Career timeline
17 entries2023
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2267 → returned at 2264
May 2023
2022
65th German 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2302
Nov 2022
Re-crossed 2300
at age 51
Nov 2022
2020
62nd German 45-50 player
at age 49 · rated 2283
Sep 2020
2017
Re-crossed 2300
at age 46
Oct 2017
100 career games
at age 46
Feb 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-11
2252 → 2241
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
5.5/ 961.1%
5W1D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #22 | 2191 | -10.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTobias KoelleIM
🇩🇪GER·2498
+3 −7 =2
12 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMarc Schallner
🇩🇪GER·2069
+6 −4 =1
11 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsRudolf Wilhelm BraeuningFM
🇩🇪GER·2167
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsBernhard SinzFM
🇩🇪GER·2272
+4 −3 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJosef GhengFM
🇩🇪GER·2169
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Germany
#580
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#4,240
in continent
World
#6,199
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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