Keymer, VincentAge 20


Source: en.chessbase.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2730.0
Live Rank
#22
FIDE Rating
2730
World Rank
#22
Germany Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2743 - Jan 2024 (Age 19)
FIDE Peak Rank
#12 (2743) - Jan 2024 (Age 19)
Rapid
2649 World #45, Peak 2649 (Dec 2024)
Blitz
2585 World #135, Peak 2669 (May 2023)
Born
15 Nov 2004
Mainz, Germany
FIDE ID 12940690
Wikipedia

Active Years:
2011 - 2025
Total Games:
1343
Wins:
567 (42%)
Losses:
348 (26%)
Draws:
428 (32%)
Total score:
58%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2666
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 
1
McShane, Luke J
2702
Keymer, Vincent
26490-152London12 Jun 2025board
2
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar
27081-047London12 Jun 2025board
3
Mamedov, Rauf
2617
Keymer, Vincent
26490-145London12 Jun 2025board
4
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Pichot, Alan
25640-136London12 Jun 2025board
5
Hong, Andrew
2547
Keymer, Vincent
26491-042London11 Jun 2025board
6
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Momunaliev, Ruslan
20701-040London11 Jun 2025board
7
Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo
2665
Keymer, Vincent
26491/2-1/251London11 Jun 2025board
8
Keymer, Vincent
2720
Donchenko, Alexander
26150-146Munich23 May 2025board
9
Svane, Rasmus
2629
Keymer, Vincent
27201/2-1/240Munich22 May 2025board
10
Keymer, Vincent
2720
Bluebaum, Matthias
26601-041Munich21 May 2025board
11
Huschenbeth, Niclas
2601
Keymer, Vincent
27200-162Munich20 May 2025board
12
Wagner, Dennis
2616
Keymer, Vincent
27201/2-1/232Munich19 May 2025board
13
Keymer, Vincent
2720
Costa, Leonardo
25311-033Munich18 May 2025board
14
Kraemer, Martin
2581
Keymer, Vincent
27200-135Munich17 May 2025board
15
Keymer, Vincent
2720
Svane, Frederik
26711-045Munich16 May 2025board
16
Dobrikov, Marco
2404
Keymer, Vincent
27200-149Munich15 May 2025board
17
Keymer, Vincent
2730
Navara, David
26811-040Germany27 Apr 2025board
18
Keymer, Vincent
2718
Navara, David
26651-041Germany27 Apr 2025board
19
Saric, Ivan
2673
Keymer, Vincent
27301/2-1/251Germany26 Apr 2025board
20
Kollars, Dmitrij
2659
Keymer, Vincent
27301/2-1/236Germany25 Apr 2025board
21
Caruana, Fabiano
2776
Keymer, Vincent
27181/2-1/234Paris, FR14 Apr 2025board
22
Keymer, Vincent
2718
Caruana, Fabiano
27760-166Paris, FR13 Apr 2025board
23
Keymer, Vincent
2718
Nakamura, Hikaru
28040-143Paris, FR12 Apr 2025board
24
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Keymer, Vincent
27181/2-1/241Paris, FR11 Apr 2025board
25
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27581/2-1/280Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
26
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2758
Keymer, Vincent
26490-137Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
27
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2757
Keymer, Vincent
27181/2-1/237Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
28
Keymer, Vincent
2718
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27571/2-1/244Paris, FR9 Apr 2025board
29
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Caruana, Fabiano
27561-027Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
30
Praggnanandhaa R
2684
Keymer, Vincent
26490-116Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
31
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Nakamura, Hikaru
27341-067Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
32
Gukesh D
2654
Keymer, Vincent
26491-036Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
33
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Carlsen, Magnus
28191/2-1/267Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
34
Erigaisi Arjun
2708
Keymer, Vincent
26491-044Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
35
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
26501-051Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
36
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2745
Keymer, Vincent
26491-026Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
37
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27580-139Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
38
Rapport, Richard
2709
Keymer, Vincent
26490-120Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
39
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
27320-167Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
40
Ivic, Velimir
2622
Keymer, Vincent
27191/2-1/236Germany23 Mar 2025board
41
Keymer, Vincent
2719
Howell, David
26681-038Germany22 Mar 2025board
42
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van
2668
Keymer, Vincent
27311/2-1/288Prague7 Mar 2025board
43
Keymer, Vincent
2731
Gurel, Ediz
26241/2-1/257Prague6 Mar 2025board
44
Navara, David
2677
Keymer, Vincent
27311/2-1/253Prague5 Mar 2025board
45
Keymer, Vincent
2731
Giri, Anish
27281/2-1/244Prague4 Mar 2025board
46
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Keymer, Vincent
27311/2-1/254Prague2 Mar 2025board
47
Keymer, Vincent
2731
Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu
27410-144Prague1 Mar 2025board
48
Shankland, Samuel L
2670
Keymer, Vincent
27310-154Prague28 Feb 2025board
49
Keymer, Vincent
2731
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR
27290-145Prague27 Feb 2025board
50
Keymer, Vincent
2731
Wei, Yi
27551-055Prague26 Feb 2025board