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Brandes, Stephan
CM🇩🇪FIDE 4689968· Male· Germany· Born in 1969
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Stephan Brandes, a 57-year-old German Candidate Master, is rated 2106 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2100 and 2150 for 8 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Landesliga Berlin 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, 19. Lessing-Open 2025 Gruppe A, and Pokalmannschaftsmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Bremen-Niedersachsen. Also played 1 blitz event (including 46. Norddeutsche Blitzschach-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft 2026) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 83 months (2008–2015), 30 months (2015–2018) and 26 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2228 was reached at age 35 (Apr 2004).
Awarded CM in 2024 (age 55).
Current rating
2106
Standard
Rpd2108·Blz2060
All-time high
2228
−122 pts below
Apr 2004 · age 35
Apr 2004 · age 35
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#14,855 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
12 entries2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 56
Oct 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 55
Nov 2024
CM title awardedCM
at age 55
Oct 2024
2020
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 2122 → returned at 2123
Feb 2020
2015
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 2146 → returned at 2163
Jul 2015
2008
Inactive for 83 months
paused at 2140 → returned at 2146
Jul 2008
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
-7
2113 → 2106
Tournaments
4
14 games
Score
8/ 1457.1%
5W6D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsSergej BogomolowCM2,073·Pokalmannschaftsmeisterschaft 2024-2025 Bremen-Niedersachsen·R2·-11.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #50 | 2078 | -1.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/2 | #14 | 2352 | +13.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/5 | #22 | 1973 | -18.6 |
Team | May 2025 | 3/5 | #18 | 1988 | -14.2 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#1,678
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#10,791
in continent
World
#14,855
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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