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Dahmen, Christoph
🇩🇪FIDE 4692160· Male· Germany· Born in 1985
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Christoph Dahmen, a 41-year-old German player, is rated 2052 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 71 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearances: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open and Oberliga Nord West 2025-2026 Februar 2026. Also played 1 blitz event (including Teutopokal Januar 2026) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 26 months (2006–2008), 13 months (2010–2011), 114 months (2014–2023) and 16 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2132 was reached at age 41 (Jan 2026).
At junior level, he reached #81 and #96 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2052
Standard
Rpd2083·Blz2049
All-time high
2132
−80 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 41
Jan 2026 · age 41
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 9%
#20,507 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
15 entries2026
All-time peak 2132
at age 41 · −80 from today
Jan 2026
2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2123 → returned at 2125
May 2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 39
Apr 2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 39
Jan 2024
100 career games
at age 39
Jan 2024
2014
Inactive for 114 months
paused at 2091 → returned at 2093
May 2014
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-71
2123 → 2052
Tournaments
6
14 games
Score
4.5/ 1432.1%
1W7D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/9 | #848 | 1813 | -75.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #64 | 1507 | -5.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #39 | 2195 | +1.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #1 | 3061 | +14.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #62 | 1348 | -9.4 |
Rankings
/
Germany
#2,397
out of 15,291 players
Europe
#15,058
in continent
World
#20,507
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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