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Keymer, Vincent

Vincent Keymer

GM🇩🇪

FIDEFIDE 12940690· Male· Germany· Born in 2004

Vincent Keymer, a 22-year-old German Grandmaster, is rated 2761 — just 15 short of his peak of 2776 (Dec 2025, age 21) and ranked 1st among German players, and 8th worldwide. He has held steady between 2750 and 2775 for 7 months. 99 rated games in the past year (≈67/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include the Chess Olympiad (open), the Grand Chess Tour Finals (classical games), and the Sinquefield Cup. Also played 7 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 5 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached World #4 in Nov 2025 and has been in the world top 10 for 14 months and counting.

Awarded GM in 2020 (age 16) and IM in 2017 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U20, U18 and U12, World #4 in U16, World #4 in U14, World #2 in U10 and World #6 in U8.

Current rating

2761

Standard

Rpd2635·Blz2628

All-time high

2776

−15 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 21

Activity

75

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

86 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#1

#1 · German players · of 14,141
World top 10 since Sep 2025

Profile · last 5 years

  1. Stronger in classical: 60% (229 / 382) against 51% in rapid (95.5 / 188) and 50% in blitz (132.5 / 266).
  2. Against higher-rated players (+50): 96 / 249. Against lower-rated (−50): 219.5 / 324.
  3. Over the last 12 months: +6 in classical rating and 51 / 86 in rated classical games.

From 836 games in FIDE-rated events since Oct 2021 (382 classical, 188 rapid, 266 blitz). Fixed rules: every figure comes from these results.

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Career timeline

27 entries
2026
14 months in world top 10 (ongoing)
since Sep 2025
Oct 2026
2025
All-time peak 2776
at age 21 · −15 from today
Dec 2025
Peak World rank: #4
at age 21 · rated 2773
Nov 2025
Crossed 2750
at age 21
Sep 2025
2024
1st U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2743
Jan 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2700
at age 19
Aug 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Rating history: OlimpBase (opens in a new tab) until 2000, FIDE since 2001

His openings · over the board

What Vincent Keymer plays, by color

1,434 games with moves in our base · over the board · last in Sep 2026

Prepare against him

As White

427 games261.5 of 427

165 more games in other lines

As Black

422 games192 of 422

267 more games in other lines

Over-the-board games from our public base only.Find his online games ›

Activity & highlights

Best result
2026 Super Chess Classic Romania
perf 2829 (+62) · 5/8 · #2
Evolution
-12
2773 → 2761
Tournaments
10
77 games
Score
44/ 7757.1%
25W38D14L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsFabiano CaruanaGM2,792·2026 GCT Sinquefield Cup·R8·+5.4
2.[W]vsAnish GiriGM2,764·2026 GCT Sinquefield Cup·R5·+5.0
3.[W]vsArjun ErigaisiGM2,775·Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Masters·R10·+5.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMatthias BluebaumGM2,679·Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Masters·R3·-6.4
2.[L]vsJorden van ForeestGM2,703·Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Masters·R9·-6.0
3.[L]vsVladimir FedoseevGM2,705·Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Masters·R2·-6.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open
Team
Sep 20265.5/10#2752733-3.2
2026 Grand Chess Tour Finals - Classical Games
Match
Aug 20261.5/4lost2669-5.4
2026 GCT Sinquefield Cup
Round-Robin
Aug 20265/9#32785+2.4
Norway Chess 2026
Round-Robin
May 20265/10#42764+0.4
2026 Super Chess Classic Romania
Round-Robin
May 20265/8#22829+7.8
1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 April 2026
Team
Apr 20261/2#1022665-2.7
PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL - MASTERS TOURNAMENT 2026
Round-Robin
Feb 20264/9#82664-13.9
Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Masters
Round-Robin
Jan 20267.5/13#327730.0

By color · classical · 5 years

382 games

As White

68%

132 / 195avg opp. 2662

As Black

52%

97 / 187avg opp. 2667

Best win

vsMagnus CarlsenGM2835

FIDE World Cup 2023 · Aug 2023 · White

Worst loss

vsGerlef MeinsIM2417

Deutsche Schach-Pokalmeisterschaft fuer Mannschaften 2022 Zwischenrunde · May 2022 · White

Games 1,434 · 2011–2026

Time control
  • DvsAnish GiriGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R11.177 · 2026-09-27
    Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation · 46 moves · 2764
  • DvsMaxime Vachier-LagraveGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R10.181 · 2026-09-26
    Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations · 82 moves · 2764
  • DvsR PraggnanandhaaGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R9.173 · 2026-09-25
    Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation · 57 moves · 2764
  • DvsYagiz Kaan ErdogmusGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R7.181 · 2026-09-23
    Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense · 104 moves · 2764
  • LvsDing LirenGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R6.173 · 2026-09-21
    King's Indian Attack · 50 moves · 2764
  • DvsFabiano CaruanaGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R5.173 · 2026-09-20
    King's Indian Attack · 23 moves · 2764
  • DvsJan-Krzysztof DudaGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R4.185 · 2026-09-19
    English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation · 69 moves · 2764
  • WvsJakhongir VakhidovGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R3.185 · 2026-09-18
    Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Variation · 43 moves · 2764
  • WvsSaidakbar SaydalievIM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R2.185 · 2026-09-17
    Rubinstein Opening: Bogoljubow Defense · 33 moves · 2764
  • DvsNodirbek AbdusattorovGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R8.169 · 2026-09-04
    Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack · 62 moves · 2764

Over-the-board games only, matched to this player through official FIDE pairings and tournament records. Opponents marked “?” could not be identified with certainty. Source: Lichess broadcasts (opens in a new tab), CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab).

Most-Played Opponents

vsR PraggnanandhaaGM
🇮🇳IND·2763
+12 −21 =9
42 games·last met Sep 2026
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vsArjun ErigaisiGM
🇮🇳IND·2746
+10 −10 =17
37 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsNodirbek AbdusattorovGM
🇺🇿UZB·2780
+8 −12 =13
33 games·last met Sep 2026
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vsGukesh DGM
🇮🇳IND·2710
+8 −8 =8
24 games·last met Jul 2026
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vsWesley SoGM
🇺🇸USA·2770
+4 −10 =9
23 games·last met Aug 2026
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Rankings

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Germany
#1
out of 14,131 players
Europe
#2
out of 131,162 players
World
#8
out of 221,391 players

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Germany
1
🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent
2,761
2
🇩🇪Bluebaum, Matthias
2,666
3
🇩🇪Svane, Frederik
2,662
4
🇩🇪Kollars, Dmitrij
2,623
5
🇩🇪Svane, Rasmus
2,621
6
🇩🇪Donchenko, Alexander
2,610
7
🇩🇪Doettling, Fabian
2,593
8
🇩🇪Engel, Luis
2,592
9
🇩🇪Braun, Arik
2,587
10
🇩🇪Wagner, Dennis
2,580
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus
2,823
2
🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent
2,761
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza
2,757
4
🇳🇱Giri, Anish
2,752
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2,741
6
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan
2,731
7
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2,717
8
🇳🇱Van Foreest, Jorden
2,716
9
🇭🇺Rapport, Richard
2,711
10
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2,710
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus
2,823
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, Hikaru
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, Fabiano
2,784
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir
2,782
5
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
2,780
6
🇺🇸So, Wesley
2,770
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa R
2,763
8
🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent
2,761
9
🇨🇳Wei, Yi
2,758
10
🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza
2,757
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