Keymer, Vincent Age 20

Source: en.chessbase.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2715.5
Live Rank
#26
FIDE Rating
2719
World Rank
#25
Germany Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2743 - Jan 2024 (Age 19)
FIDE Peak Rank
#12 (2743) - Jan 2024 (Age 19)
Rapid
2649 World #48, Peak 2726 (May 2024)
Blitz
2585 World #135, Peak 2726 (May 2024)
Born
15 Nov 2004
Mainz, Germany
FIDE ID 12940690
Wikipedia
Active Years:
2011 - 2025
Total Games:
1304
Wins:
552 (42%)
Losses:
340 (26%)
Draws:
412 (32%)
Total score:
58%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2651
White:
A17 English Opening (33 games)
A13 English Opening (30 games)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (25 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 
1Nguyen, Thai Dai Van2668Keymer, Vincent27311/2-1/264Prague7 Mar 2025
2Nguyen, Thai Dai Van2668Keymer, Vincent27311/2-1/288Prague7 Mar 2025
3Keymer, Vincent2731Gurel, Ediz26241/2-1/257Prague6 Mar 2025
4Navara, David2677Keymer, Vincent27311/2-1/253Prague5 Mar 2025
5Keymer, Vincent2731Giri, Anish27281/2-1/244Prague4 Mar 2025
6Le, Quang Liem2739Keymer, Vincent27311/2-1/254Prague2 Mar 2025
7Keymer, Vincent2731Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27410-144Prague1 Mar 2025
8Shankland, Samuel L2670Keymer, Vincent27310-154Prague28 Feb 2025
9Keymer, Vincent2731Aravindh, Chithambaram VR27290-145Prague27 Feb 2025
10Keymer, Vincent2731Wei, Yi27551-055Prague26 Feb 2025
11Svane, Frederik2640Keymer, Vincent27301-038Germany22 Feb 2025
12Keymer, Vincent2733Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27411-080Wijk aan Zee2 Feb 2025
13Harikrishna, Pentala2695Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/232Wijk aan Zee1 Feb 2025
14Keymer, Vincent2733Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27681/2-1/277Wijk aan Zee31 Jan 2025
15Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/238Wijk aan Zee29 Jan 2025
16Sarana, Alexey2677Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/245Wijk aan Zee28 Jan 2025
17Keymer, Vincent2733Caruana, Fabiano28030-160Wijk aan Zee26 Jan 2025
18Fedoseev, Vladimir12717Keymer, Vincent27331-051Wijk aan Zee25 Jan 2025
19Keymer, Vincent2733Giri, Anish27311/2-1/254Wijk aan Zee24 Jan 2025
20Gukesh, Dommaraju2777Keymer, Vincent27331-072Wijk aan Zee22 Jan 2025
21Keymer, Vincent2733Van Foreest, Jorden26801/2-1/258Wijk aan Zee21 Jan 2025
22Wei, Yi2751Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/227Wijk aan Zee20 Jan 2025
23Keymer, Vincent2733Warmerdam, Max26461/2-1/267Wijk aan Zee19 Jan 2025
24Mendonca, Leon Luke2639Keymer, Vincent27330-131Wijk aan Zee18 Jan 2025
25Keymer, Vincent2730Lodici, Lorenzo25561/2-1/262Germany12 Jan 2025
26Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2733Keymer, Vincent27301/2-1/228Germany11 Jan 2025
27Keymer, Vincent2733Firouzja, Alireza27630-181Oslo19 Dec 2024
28Firouzja, Alireza2763Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/295Oslo19 Dec 2024
29Keymer, Vincent2733Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27310-161Oslo19 Dec 2024
30Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2731Keymer, Vincent27331-059Oslo19 Dec 2024
31Keymer, Vincent2733Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-133Oslo18 Dec 2024
32Keymer, Vincent2733Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551-036Oslo18 Dec 2024
33Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Keymer, Vincent27331-064Oslo18 Dec 2024
34Keymer, Vincent2733Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27311/2-1/258Oslo18 Dec 2024
35Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2731Keymer, Vincent27331-061Oslo18 Dec 2024
36So, Wesley2747Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/244Oslo18 Dec 2024
37Keymer, Vincent2733So, Wesley27471-059Oslo18 Dec 2024
38So, Wesley2747Keymer, Vincent27331-041Oslo18 Dec 2024
39Aronian, Levon2747Keymer, Vincent27330-195Oslo17 Dec 2024
40Keymer, Vincent2733Aronian, Levon27471/2-1/276Oslo17 Dec 2024
41Lazavik, Denis2578Keymer, Vincent27331-0107Oslo17 Dec 2024
42Keymer, Vincent2733Lazavik, Denis25781/2-1/244Oslo17 Dec 2024
43Lazavik, Denis2578Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/239Oslo17 Dec 2024
44Keymer, Vincent2733Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/244Oslo17 Dec 2024
45Carlsen, Magnus2831Keymer, Vincent27331-065Oslo17 Dec 2024
46Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna2647Keymer, Vincent27331-035Kolkata17 Nov 2024
47Keymer, Vincent2733Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27771/2-1/244Kolkata17 Nov 2024
48So, Wesley2747Keymer, Vincent27331-055Kolkata17 Nov 2024
49Keymer, Vincent2733Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27371-033Kolkata17 Nov 2024
50Carlsen, Magnus2831Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/241Kolkata17 Nov 2024
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