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Baldauf, Marco

GM🇩🇪

FIDEFIDE 4688210· Male· Germany· Born in 1990

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Marco Baldauf, a 36-year-old German Grandmaster, is rated 2435 and sitting in the top 1% of German players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 13 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent appearances: 1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 6-11 and Landesliga Berlin 2025-2026 Januar 2026. Also played 1 rapid (including Berliner Schnellschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2025) and 1 blitz events (including 46. Norddeutsche Blitzschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026) recently. His peak of 2522 was reached at age 31 (Nov 2021); he also reached German #28 in Mar 2022.

Awarded GM in 2019 (age 29), IM in 2014 (age 24), and FM in 2008 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #79 in U14, World #30 in U12 and #3, #6 and #11 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2435

Standard

Rpd2422·Blz2407

All-time high

2522

−87 pts below
Nov 2021 · age 31

Activity

29

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 1%

#71 · German players · of 14,156

Career timeline

23 entries
2022
Peak German rank: #28
at age 32 · rated 2522
Mar 2022
2021
All-time peak 2522
at age 31 · −87 from today
Nov 2021
2019
Re-crossed 2500
at age 29
Dec 2019
Crossed 2500
at age 29
Aug 2019
GM title awardedGM
at age 29 · 2nd quarter PB 2019
Jul 2019
2017
500 career games
at age 27
Apr 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Tamas BanuszGM 2,596
1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 6-11 · Apr 2026 · +2.2 Elo
Evolution
-1
2436 → 2435
Tournaments
5
10 games
Score
4.5/ 1045.0%
3W3D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 6-11
Team
Apr 20261/6#752297-9.3
Landesliga Berlin 2025-2026 Januar 2026
Team
Jan 20261/1#13056+2.6
Landesliga Berlin 2025-2026 Dezember 2025
Team
Dec 20251/1#53085+2.9
Landesliga Berlin 2025-2026 November 2025
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#322335-1.4
Landesliga Berlin 2025-2026 September 2025
Team
Sep 20251/1#313053+2.6

Most-Played Opponents

vsGeorg MeierGM
🇺🇾URU·2612
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Sep 2020
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vsPeter MichalikGM
🇸🇰SVK·2540
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Mar 2024
View head-to-head →
vsMaximilian BerchtenbreiterIM
🇩🇪GER·2450
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Mar 2022
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Rankings

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Germany
#71
out of 15,549 players
Europe
#726
in continent
World
#1,176
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Germany
1
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2
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2,694
3
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2,657
4
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2,640
5
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2,634
6
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2,620
7
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2,593
8
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2,591
9
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2,588
10
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2,587
...
71🇩🇪Baldauf, Marco2,435
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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726🇩🇪Baldauf, Marco2,435
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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1176🇩🇪Baldauf, Marco2,435