Top Chess Players in Germany

GM Vincent Keymer 2762 | #5

Germany

Vincent Keymer is a German grandmaster, the youngest player from Germany to earn the title, and one of the best players in the world. By 2015, when not yet even a teenager, he was already being hailed as Germany's greatest chess talent since Emanuel Lasker. At the 2018 Grenke Open, the 13-year-old...

GM Matthias Bluebaum 2695 | #32

Germany

Matthias Bluebaum is a German grandmaster, two-time European Champion, and the 2020 German Chess Champion. Earlier in his career, he had several top-10 finishes in major tournaments, including the 2011 German U18 Chess Championship, 2011 World U14 Chess Championship, 2014 World U18 Chess Championship,...

GM Alexander Donchenko 2642 | #64

Germany

Alexander Donchenko is a German grandmaster. His two best performances came in 2019, when he first shared second place with GM Gata Kamsky at Biel Masters, one-half point behind GM Amin Tabatabaei. A couple of months later, he went undefeated and won the Barcelona Open, ironically beating out Kamsky...

GM Frederik Svane 2640 | #70

Germany

GM Frederik Svane is a German grandmaster who qualified for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. He is the brother of GM Rasmus Svane.

GM Dmitrij Kollars

Germany

GM Dmitrij Kollars is a German chess grandmaster who earned that title in 2017 at the age of 17 years old. In 2021 he tied for first place at the Sunway Sitges Open tournament. Kollars is a regular in Chess.com events, including Titled Tuesday which he won on January 3, 2023. He also reached Division...

GM Rasmus Svane 2616 | #97

Germany

Rasmus Svane is a German chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Luis Engel 2594 | #124

Germany

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GM Dennis Wagner

Germany

Dennis Wagner is a German Grandmaster.

GM Arik Braun

Germany

Arik Braun is a German grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup.

GM Jan Gustafsson

Germany

Jan Gustafsson is a German grandmaster, chess commentator, and founder of Chess24, now part of Chess.com. He earned his grandmaster title in 2003 and reached his peak FIDE rating of 2652 in November 2010. Gustafsson has coached the German national team in events such as the 2022 Chess Olympiad and also...

GM Niclas Huschenbeth

Germany

Niclas Huschenbeth is a German grandmaster and chess content creator. His most significant early achievement came in 2005 when he won the German U-14 championship. He later won the German Chess Championship in 2010 and 2019. Huschenbeth has also worked as a second to GM Hikaru Nakamura since 2019. Huschenbeth...

GM David Baramidze 2562 | #168

Germany

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GM Daniel Fridman 2556 | #186

Germany

GM Daniel Fridman is a German grandmaster from Latvia who has won four national championships (one in Latvia, three in Germany).

GM Rainer Buhmann

Germany

Rainer Buhmann is a German Grandamster.

GM Maksim Vavulin 2537 | #222

Germany

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GM Jonas Lampert 2536 | #228

Germany

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GM Roven Vogel 2524 | #255

Germany

IM Roven Vogel is a German international master who won Tata Steel Qualifiers in 2020 to earn a spot in the 2022 Tata Steel Challengers tournament (after none was held in 2021). Vogel was also the under-16 world youth champion in 2015.