Keymer, Vincent Age 20

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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2730.9
Live Rank
#19
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 #50, Peak 2726 (May 2024)
Blitz
2585 World #138, Peak 2726 (May 2024)
Born
15 Nov 2004
Mainz, Germany
FIDE ID 12940690
Wikipedia
Active Years:
2011 - 2025
Total Games:
1284
Wins:
548 (43%)
Losses:
334 (26%)
Draws:
402 (31%)
Total score:
59%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2645
White:
A17 English Opening (33 games)
A13 English Opening (30 games)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (24 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (28 games)
A13 English Opening (20 games)
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined (19 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 
101Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2757Keymer, Vincent27211-068Biel14 Jul 2024
102Shankland, Samuel L2683Keymer, Vincent27211/2-1/273Biel14 Jul 2024
103Keymer, Vincent2721Martirosyan, Haik M26610-147Biel14 Jul 2024
104Le, Quang Liem2731Keymer, Vincent27210-139Biel14 Jul 2024
105Keymer, Vincent2726Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27470-135Warsaw12 May 2024
106Shevchenko, Kirill2677Keymer, Vincent27261-040Warsaw12 May 2024
107Keymer, Vincent2726Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27620-141Warsaw12 May 2024
108Giri, Anish2745Keymer, Vincent27261-035Warsaw12 May 2024
109Keymer, Vincent2726Carlsen, Magnus28300-182Warsaw12 May 2024
110Duda, Jan Krzysztof2734Keymer, Vincent27261-031Warsaw12 May 2024
111Gukesh, Dommaraju2764Keymer, Vincent27260-156Warsaw12 May 2024
112Keymer, Vincent2726Wei, Yi27551/2-1/272Warsaw12 May 2024
113Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2766Keymer, Vincent27261-034Warsaw12 May 2024
114Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2747Keymer, Vincent27260-146Warsaw11 May 2024
115Keymer, Vincent2726Shevchenko, Kirill26771-052Warsaw11 May 2024
116Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/256Warsaw11 May 2024
117Keymer, Vincent2610Giri, Anish27151/2-1/234Warsaw11 May 2024
118Carlsen, Magnus2830Keymer, Vincent27261-044Warsaw11 May 2024
119Keymer, Vincent2726Duda, Jan Krzysztof27340-140Warsaw11 May 2024
120Keymer, Vincent2726Gukesh, Dommaraju27641-056Warsaw11 May 2024
121Wei, Yi2755Keymer, Vincent27261-030Warsaw11 May 2024
122Keymer, Vincent2726Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27661/2-1/288Warsaw11 May 2024
123Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Keymer, Vincent27260-166Warsaw10 May 2024
124Keymer, Vincent2726Carlsen, Magnus28300-133Warsaw10 May 2024
125Keymer, Vincent2726Giri, Anish27451/2-1/2114Warsaw10 May 2024
126Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2747Keymer, Vincent27261-058Warsaw9 May 2024
127Keymer, Vincent2726Gukesh, Dommaraju27640-140Warsaw9 May 2024
128Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2766Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/238Warsaw9 May 2024
129Keymer, Vincent2726Shevchenko, Kirill26770-183Warsaw8 May 2024
130Duda, Jan Krzysztof2734Keymer, Vincent27260-146Warsaw8 May 2024
131Keymer, Vincent2726Wei, Yi27551/2-1/2130Warsaw8 May 2024
132Svidler, Peter2689Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/242Malmo3 May 2024
133Keymer, Vincent2726Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27650-150Malmo2 May 2024
134Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2756Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/239Malmo1 May 2024
135Keymer, Vincent2726Ju, Wenjun25590-169Malmo30 Apr 2024
136Korobov, Anton2651Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/261Malmo29 Apr 2024
137Keymer, Vincent2726Grandelius, Nils26641-037Malmo28 Apr 2024
138Maurizzi, Marc Andria2605Keymer, Vincent27260-129Malmo27 Apr 2024
139Keymer, Vincent2726Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27320-130Karlsruhe1 Apr 2024
140Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2732Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/244Karlsruhe1 Apr 2024
141Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2732Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/238Karlsruhe1 Apr 2024
142Keymer, Vincent2726Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27321/2-1/251Karlsruhe1 Apr 2024
143Keymer, Vincent2738Ding, Liren27621-031Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
144Carlsen, Magnus2830Keymer, Vincent27381-073Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
145Keymer, Vincent2738Ding, Liren27621-037Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
146Keymer, Vincent2738Fridman, Daniel25901-032Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
147Ding, Liren2762Keymer, Vincent27381/2-1/232Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
148Keymer, Vincent2738Rapport, Richard27200-136Karlsruhe30 Mar 2024
149Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2728Keymer, Vincent27381/2-1/252Karlsruhe30 Mar 2024
150Fridman, Daniel2590Keymer, Vincent27381/2-1/263Karlsruhe28 Mar 2024
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