Top rapid chess players in Germany

The highest-rated active players from Germany on FIDE's October 2026 rapid list.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMVincent Keymer GER	2635	0	#49	2004
2	GMAlexander Donchenko GER	2583	0	#144	1998
3	GMMatthias Bluebaum GER	2583	0	#145	1997
4	GMDaniel Fridman GER	2569	−9	#172	1976
5	GMRasmus Svane GER	2565	0	#183	1997
6	GMEgor Krivoborodov GER	2559	0	#197	1989
7	GMDmitrij Kollars GER	2546	0	#231	1999
8	GMKlaus Bischoff GER	2531	0	#275	1961
9	GMDaniel Hausrath GER	2516	0	#330	1976
10	FMIgor Zuyev GER	2503	0	#392	1964
11	GMFrederik Svane GER	2497	0	#412	2004
12	GMRoven Vogel GER	2485	0	#453	2000
13	GMThies Heinemann GER	2481	0	#469	1971
14	GMGennadi Ginsburg GER	2477	0	#488	1971
15	GMVitaly Kunin GER	2474	+3	#500	1983
16	GMEric Lobron GER	2459	0	#584	1960
17	IMAlexander Krastev GER	2459	0	#585	2005
18	IMSteve Berger GER	2455	0	#609	1981
19	GMLeonid Milov GER	2446	0	#677	1966
20	GMRobert Rabiega GER	2445	0	#682	1971
21	FMMarian Can Nothnagel GER	2443	0	#699	2000
22	IMTobias Koelle GER	2436	0	#737	2004
23	IMValentin Buckels GER	2435	0	#745	2001
24	GMMichael Hoffmann GER	2432	0	#770	1970
25	IMAljoscha Feuerstack GER	2427	0	#820	1988
26	IMAlexander Gelman GER	2425	0	#843	1976
27	IMRuben Gideon Koellner GER	2425	0	#846	2004
28	IMVadym Petrovskiy GER	2424	0	#860	2007
29	GMChristopher Noe GER	2421	0	#898	1996
30	IMDavid Gross GER	2420	0	#907	1978
31	IMJakob Leon Pajeken GER	2420	0	#909	2003
32	IMMaximilian Berchtenbreiter GER	2420	0	#912	1994
33	Martin Heider GER	2420	0	#913	1990
34	IMBenedict Krause GER	2418	0	#926	1997
35	GMThorsten Michael Haub GER	2417	0	#936	1968
36	IMDieter Morawietz GER	2413	0	#975	1963
37	IMDennis Breder GER	2412	0	#990	1980
38	IMArnd Lauber GER	2408	0	#1016	1976
39	IMIlja Schneider GER	2407	0	#1031	1984
40	IMMax Hess GER	2406	0	#1045	1997
41	GMElisabeth Paehtz GER	2403	0	#1074	1985
42	IMEmil Schmidek GER	2402	0	#1089	2001
43	IMJonas Rosner GER	2400	0	#1115	1990
44	IMMarius Fromm GER	2399	0	#1121	2004
45	IMYevhenii Yelisieiev GER	2396	0	#1144	1998
46	GMLev Yankelevich GER	2395	0	#1156	1997
47	FMOliver Stork GER	2388	0	#1234	2003
48	FMTristan Niermann GER	2388	0	#1235	2000
49	FMWolfgang Gerstner GER	2387	0	#1244	1967
50	GMRainer Polzin GER	2387	0	#1245	1971
51	IMMaximilian, Dr. Meinhardt GER	2385	0	#1260	1986
52	Zarko Vuckovic GER	2380	0	#1318	2001
53	IMNikolas Wachinger GER	2379	0	#1330	2003
54	GMLev Gutman GER	2378	−25	#1336	1945
55	IMMarco Dobrikov GER	2376	0	#1356	2004
56	IMAlexander Belezky GER	2376	0	#1360	1983
57	FMVeaceslav Cofmann GER	2374	0	#1374	1994
58	FMValentin Kuklin GER	2372	0	#1387	1984
59	IMGeorg Seul GER	2371	0	#1401	1963
60	FMVladimir Ivanov GER	2368	0	#1431	1965
61	FMEduard Miller GER	2367	0	#1451	1995
62	IMThomas Reich GER	2366	0	#1459	1963
63	IMLars Thiede GER	2364	0	#1486	1970
64	IMChristian Gloeckler GER	2363	0	#1499	2011
65	IMAnthony Petkidis GER	2355	+5	#1586	1994
66	FMTobias Kolb GER	2353	0	#1610	2004
67	FMClemens, Dr. Rietze GER	2353	0	#1612	1989
68	FMNikita Nechitaylo GER	2352	0	#1624	2010
69	IMAdrian Gschnitzer GER	2350	0	#1642	1999
70	IMRobert Zysk GER	2350	0	#1644	1966
71	GMGerhard Schebler GER	2350	0	#1645	1969
72	FMMarkus, Dr. Hochgraefe GER	2350	0	#1646	1972
73	IMMykola Korchynskyi GER	2350	0	#1651	2010
74	FMVadim Lavrinenkov GER	2349	0	#1660	1997
75	IMRaphael Lagunow GER	2347	0	#1684	2000
76	IMBernd Schneider GER	2345	0	#1707	1965
77	GMSebastian Siebrecht GER	2345	0	#1708	1973
78	FMDirk Rosenthal GER	2344	0	#1731	1970
79	IMDinara Wagner GER	2344	0	#1734	1999
80	Isaac Garner GER	2342	0	#1765	2006
81	FMFrank Sawatzki GER	2340	0	#1790	1969
82	Emil Powierski GER	2340	0	#1791	1996
83	IMBennet Hagner GER	2340	0	#1796	2008
84	IMMalte Colpe GER	2340	0	#1797	1992
85	FMTill Schreiner GER	2340	+5	#1798	1995
86	FMJonas Eilenberg GER	2339	0	#1814	2006
87	FMHenrik Hesse GER	2337	0	#1840	2000
88	IMDaniel Kopylov GER	2336	0	#1851	2003
89	FMMagnus Arndt GER	2334	0	#1879	2001
90	FMPascal Barzen GER	2334	0	#1886	1995
91	FMDirk Paulsen GER	2329	+5	#1965	1959
92	FMRichard Bethke GER	2329	0	#1970	2005
93	IMHannes Langrock GER	2327	0	#1985	1983
94	IMJasper Holtel GER	2327	−24	#1989	1997
95	FMDusan Nedic GER	2325	0	#2017	1965
96	IMJakob Pfreundt GER	2323	0	#2050	1998
97	IMAlexander Bangiev GER	2322	0	#2061	1946
98	IMSebastian Plischki GER	2322	0	#2062	1974
99	GMFelix Levin GER	2322	0	#2063	1958
100	FMMichael Coenen GER	2322	0	#2064	1988

Ratings from FIDE's official October 2026 list. The +/− column is the change from the previous month. Inactive players are not ranked.