Keymer, Vincent Age 20


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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2724.7
Live Rank
#24
FIDE Rating
2731
World Rank
#19
Germany Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2743 - Jan 2024 (Age 19)
FIDE Peak Rank
#12 (2743) - Jan 2024 (Age 19)
Rapid
2649 World #49, 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 - 2025
Total Games:
1298
Wins:
549 (42%)
Losses:
337 (26%)
Draws:
412 (32%)
Total score:
58%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2649
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 
1Keymer, Vincent2733Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27411-080Wijk aan Zee2 Feb 2025
2Harikrishna, Pentala2695Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/232Wijk aan Zee1 Feb 2025
3Keymer, Vincent2733Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27681/2-1/277Wijk aan Zee31 Jan 2025
4Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2801Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/238Wijk aan Zee29 Jan 2025
5Sarana, Alexey2677Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/245Wijk aan Zee28 Jan 2025
6Keymer, Vincent2733Caruana, Fabiano28030-160Wijk aan Zee26 Jan 2025
7Fedoseev, Vladimir12717Keymer, Vincent27331-051Wijk aan Zee25 Jan 2025
8Keymer, Vincent2733Giri, Anish27311/2-1/254Wijk aan Zee24 Jan 2025
9Gukesh, Dommaraju2777Keymer, Vincent27331-072Wijk aan Zee22 Jan 2025
10Keymer, Vincent2733Van Foreest, Jorden26801/2-1/258Wijk aan Zee21 Jan 2025
11Wei, Yi2751Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/227Wijk aan Zee20 Jan 2025
12Keymer, Vincent2733Warmerdam, Max26461/2-1/267Wijk aan Zee19 Jan 2025
13Mendonca, Leon Luke2639Keymer, Vincent27330-131Wijk aan Zee18 Jan 2025
14Keymer, Vincent2730Lodici, Lorenzo25561/2-1/262Germany12 Jan 2025
15Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar2733Keymer, Vincent27301/2-1/228Germany11 Jan 2025
16Keymer, Vincent2733Firouzja, Alireza27630-181Oslo19 Dec 2024
17Firouzja, Alireza2763Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/295Oslo19 Dec 2024
18Keymer, Vincent2733Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27310-161Oslo19 Dec 2024
19Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2731Keymer, Vincent27331-059Oslo19 Dec 2024
20Keymer, Vincent2733Nepomniachtchi, Ian27550-133Oslo18 Dec 2024
21Keymer, Vincent2733Nepomniachtchi, Ian27551-036Oslo18 Dec 2024
22Nepomniachtchi, Ian2755Keymer, Vincent27331-064Oslo18 Dec 2024
23Keymer, Vincent2733Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27311/2-1/258Oslo18 Dec 2024
24Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2731Keymer, Vincent27331-061Oslo18 Dec 2024
25So, Wesley2747Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/244Oslo18 Dec 2024
26Keymer, Vincent2733So, Wesley27471-059Oslo18 Dec 2024
27So, Wesley2747Keymer, Vincent27331-041Oslo18 Dec 2024
28Aronian, Levon2747Keymer, Vincent27330-195Oslo17 Dec 2024
29Keymer, Vincent2733Aronian, Levon27471/2-1/276Oslo17 Dec 2024
30Lazavik, Denis2578Keymer, Vincent27331-0107Oslo17 Dec 2024
31Keymer, Vincent2733Lazavik, Denis25781/2-1/244Oslo17 Dec 2024
32Lazavik, Denis2578Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/239Oslo17 Dec 2024
33Keymer, Vincent2733Carlsen, Magnus28311/2-1/244Oslo17 Dec 2024
34Carlsen, Magnus2831Keymer, Vincent27331-065Oslo17 Dec 2024
35Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna2647Keymer, Vincent27331-035Kolkata17 Nov 2024
36Keymer, Vincent2733Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27771/2-1/244Kolkata17 Nov 2024
37So, Wesley2747Keymer, Vincent27331-055Kolkata17 Nov 2024
38Keymer, Vincent2733Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu27371-033Kolkata17 Nov 2024
39Carlsen, Magnus2831Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/241Kolkata17 Nov 2024
40Keymer, Vincent2578Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi26501-066Kolkata17 Nov 2024
41Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2799Keymer, Vincent27331/2-1/263Kolkata17 Nov 2024
42Keymer, Vincent2733Dubov, Daniil26931/2-1/231Kolkata17 Nov 2024
43Nihal, Sarin2711Keymer, Vincent25781-066Kolkata17 Nov 2024
44Keymer, Vincent2733Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna26470-141Kolkata16 Nov 2024
45Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2777Keymer, Vincent27331-036Kolkata16 Nov 2024
46Keymer, Vincent2733So, Wesley27471-028Kolkata16 Nov 2024
47Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2737Keymer, Vincent27331-057Kolkata16 Nov 2024
48Keymer, Vincent2733Carlsen, Magnus28310-151Kolkata16 Nov 2024
49Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2650Keymer, Vincent25781/2-1/265Kolkata16 Nov 2024
50Keymer, Vincent2578Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar27381/2-1/266Kolkata16 Nov 2024