Keymer, Vincent Age 20

Source: en.chessbase.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2733.0
Live Rank
#18
FIDE Rating
2733
World Rank
#20
Germany Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2743 - Jan 2024 (Age 19)
FIDE Peak Rank
#12 (2743) - Jan 2024 (Age 19)
Rapid
2649 World #53, Peak 2726 (May 2024)
Blitz
2585 World #134, Peak 2726 (May 2024)
Born
15 Nov 2004
Mainz, Germany
FIDE ID 12940690
Wikipedia
Active Years:
2011 - 2024
Total Games:
1270
Wins:
546 (43%)
Losses:
327 (26%)
Draws:
397 (31%)
Total score:
59%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2643
White:
A17 English Opening (33 games)
A13 English Opening (30 games)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (24 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (28 games)
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined (19 games)
A13 English Opening (18 games)

When he was just 10 years old, he was already being hailed as the greatest talent in Germany since Lasker. Kasparov called him "exceptional", and Leko, who took him under his wing, didn’t shy away from using the word "genius." Will Keymer live up to the high expectations placed on him? Time will tell. For now, he lags behind the young Indians.

Vincent was born on November 15, 2004 in Mainz, a city with rich chess tradition. He learned to play at the age 5, regularly attending the Mainz Chess Classic where the world’s elite gathered and where Chess960 was held in high regard. His active participation quickly bore fruit and by the age of 10, Keymer was invited to join the German youth team, which won the European Championship in 2015 and 2017. At 11 he won the strong Vienna Open, in 2017 he became an International Master – the only one who achieved this faster in Germany was So.

Keymer made a real sensation in 2018 when, at just 14 years old, he outperformed more than 300 players and 49 GM’s to win the Grenke Open (8/9), earning him a spot in the Grenke Chess Classic, where he played against Carlsen, Caruana and Co. His performance rating of 2798 was an absolute record for his age. This success earned him his first grandmaster norm and he was awarded the title shortly before his 15th birthday, following the 2019 Grand Swiss. In his first tournament post-COVID, Vincent shared victory with Demchenko at the 2021 European Championship (8.5/11), finishing second on tiebreak.

His success in the European Championship allowed Keymer to compete in the Grand Swiss for the second time, where he finished just half a point (7/11) shy of qualifying for the Candidates Tournament. He received another chance at the 2022 FIDE Grand Prix, but again fell short. It seemed Vincent was on the verge of a breakthrough, but major successes continued to elude him. In 2022 he won relatively small round-robin tournaments including the Prague Challengers (6.5/9) and German Chess Summit (7/9), and finally crossed the 2700 rating threshold. Things could have turned around if Keymer had won the World Rapid Championship, but in the final round he let Carlsen pull half a point ahead and he had to settle for second place (9.5/13).

Fate brought him face-to-face with Magnus again in the 2023 World Cup, in the Round of 16. Vincent won the first classical game against the reigning champion but couldn’t hold on in the second and eventually lost in the tiebreaks, 2.5-3.5. Shortly afterward, Keymer performed well at the Grand Swiss, but again, it wasn’t quite enough – he finished 4th (7.5/11), missing out on the Candidates once again. Nevertheless, Keymer began 2024 ranked a career-high 12th in the world (2743) and as the top-ranked junior. It seemed like Vincent had finally come into his own and was destined to halt the rising "eastern wind." Unfortunately for him, things turned out quite differently.

Throughout the year, Keymer suffered one setback after another. Even in his victory at the Rubinstein Memorial, after starting with 6.5/7, he tarnished his performance by losing the last two games. He remains one of the world’s top players, although his championship prospects are not currently as apparent as they were.

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Games

#White PlayerRatingBlack PlayerRatingResultMovesSiteDate 
51Navara, David2674Keymer, Vincent27191/2-1/236Polanica Zdroj23 Aug 2024
52Keymer, Vincent2719Volokitin, Andrei26671-036Polanica Zdroj22 Aug 2024
53Wojtaszek, Radoslaw2680Keymer, Vincent27191/2-1/231Polanica Zdroj21 Aug 2024
54Keymer, Vincent2719Fedoseev, Vladimir126871-048Polanica Zdroj20 Aug 2024
55Harikrishna, Pentala2692Keymer, Vincent27190-158Polanica Zdroj19 Aug 2024
56Keymer, Vincent2719Sarana, Alexey27171-048Polanica Zdroj18 Aug 2024
57Bartel, Mateusz2630Keymer, Vincent27190-145Polanica Zdroj17 Aug 2024
58Keymer, Vincent2719Bivol, Alina23451/2-1/241Astana5 Aug 2024
59Kim, Kristina1943Keymer, Vincent27190-142Astana5 Aug 2024
60Keymer, Vincent2719Adilbekuly, Altair16941/2-1/237Astana5 Aug 2024
61Keymer, Vincent2719Amilal, Munkhdalai23741-033Astana5 Aug 2024
62Amilal, Munkhdalai2374Keymer, Vincent27191/2-1/251Astana5 Aug 2024
63Smirin, Ilia2575Keymer, Vincent27191/2-1/256Astana4 Aug 2024
64Keymer, Vincent2719Gumularz, Szymon25711-053Astana4 Aug 2024
65Keymer, Vincent2719Orlov, Oleg22541-042Astana3 Aug 2024
66Keymer, Vincent2719Chinguun, Sumiya23891-034Astana3 Aug 2024
67Vakhidov, Jahongir2571Keymer, Vincent27191-031Astana2 Aug 2024
68Keymer, Vincent2719Zheenbekov, Nurgazi21241-033Astana2 Aug 2024
69Keymer, Vincent2721Martirosyan, Haik M26611/2-1/221Biel21 Jul 2024
70Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2757Keymer, Vincent27211-029Biel21 Jul 2024
71Keymer, Vincent2721Shankland, Samuel L26830-142Biel21 Jul 2024
72Le, Quang Liem2731Keymer, Vincent27211-033Biel21 Jul 2024
73Mishra, Abhimanyu2604Keymer, Vincent27210-1110Biel21 Jul 2024
74Martirosyan, Haik M2661Keymer, Vincent27211-064Biel21 Jul 2024
75Keymer, Vincent2721Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27570-168Biel21 Jul 2024
76Shankland, Samuel L2683Keymer, Vincent27211-059Biel21 Jul 2024
77Keymer, Vincent2721Le, Quang Liem27310-147Biel21 Jul 2024
78Keymer, Vincent2721Mishra, Abhimanyu26041/2-1/257Biel21 Jul 2024
79Mishra, Abhimanyu2604Keymer, Vincent27211/2-1/241Biel20 Jul 2024
80Keymer, Vincent2721Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27571-052Biel19 Jul 2024
81Keymer, Vincent2721Shankland, Samuel L26831/2-1/240Biel18 Jul 2024
82Martirosyan, Haik M2661Keymer, Vincent27211/2-1/278Biel17 Jul 2024
83Keymer, Vincent2721Le, Quang Liem27310-168Biel16 Jul 2024
84Keymer, Vincent2721Mishra, Abhimanyu26041-061Biel14 Jul 2024
85Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2757Keymer, Vincent27211-068Biel14 Jul 2024
86Shankland, Samuel L2683Keymer, Vincent27211/2-1/273Biel14 Jul 2024
87Keymer, Vincent2721Martirosyan, Haik M26610-147Biel14 Jul 2024
88Le, Quang Liem2731Keymer, Vincent27210-139Biel14 Jul 2024
89Keymer, Vincent2726Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27470-135Warsaw12 May 2024
90Shevchenko, Kirill2677Keymer, Vincent27261-040Warsaw12 May 2024
91Keymer, Vincent2726Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27620-141Warsaw12 May 2024
92Giri, Anish2745Keymer, Vincent27261-035Warsaw12 May 2024
93Keymer, Vincent2726Carlsen, Magnus28300-182Warsaw12 May 2024
94Duda, Jan Krzysztof2734Keymer, Vincent27261-031Warsaw12 May 2024
95Gukesh, Dommaraju2764Keymer, Vincent27260-156Warsaw12 May 2024
96Keymer, Vincent2726Wei, Yi27551/2-1/272Warsaw12 May 2024
97Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2766Keymer, Vincent27261-034Warsaw12 May 2024
98Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2747Keymer, Vincent27260-146Warsaw11 May 2024
99Keymer, Vincent2726Shevchenko, Kirill26771-052Warsaw11 May 2024
100Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/256Warsaw11 May 2024
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