Keymer, VincentAge 20


Source: en.chessbase.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2729.8
Live Rank
#22
FIDE Rating
2720
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 #46, Peak 2726 (May 2024)
Blitz
2585 World #130, Peak 2726 (May 2024)
Born
15 Nov 2004
Mainz, Germany
FIDE ID 12940690
Wikipedia

Active Years:
2011 - 2025
Total Games:
1334
Wins:
561 (42%)
Losses:
347 (26%)
Draws:
426 (32%)
Total score:
58%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2654
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 
51
Fedoseev, Vladimir1
2717
Keymer, Vincent
27331-051Wijk aan Zee25 Jan 2025board
52
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Giri, Anish
27311/2-1/254Wijk aan Zee24 Jan 2025board
53
Gukesh, Dommaraju
2777
Keymer, Vincent
27331-072Wijk aan Zee22 Jan 2025board
54
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Van Foreest, Jorden
26801/2-1/258Wijk aan Zee21 Jan 2025board
55
Wei, Yi
2751
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/227Wijk aan Zee20 Jan 2025board
56
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Warmerdam, Max
26461/2-1/267Wijk aan Zee19 Jan 2025board
57
Mendonca, Leon Luke
2639
Keymer, Vincent
27330-131Wijk aan Zee18 Jan 2025board
58
Keymer, Vincent
2730
Lodici, Lorenzo
25561/2-1/262Germany12 Jan 2025board
59
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2733
Keymer, Vincent
27301/2-1/228Germany11 Jan 2025board
60
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Firouzja, Alireza
27630-181Oslo19 Dec 2024board
61
Firouzja, Alireza
2763
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/295Oslo19 Dec 2024board
62
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
27310-161Oslo19 Dec 2024board
63
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
2731
Keymer, Vincent
27331-059Oslo19 Dec 2024board
64
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27550-133Oslo18 Dec 2024board
65
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27551-036Oslo18 Dec 2024board
66
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2755
Keymer, Vincent
27331-064Oslo18 Dec 2024board
67
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
27311/2-1/258Oslo18 Dec 2024board
68
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
2731
Keymer, Vincent
27331-061Oslo18 Dec 2024board
69
So, Wesley
2747
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/244Oslo18 Dec 2024board
70
Keymer, Vincent
2733
So, Wesley
27471-059Oslo18 Dec 2024board
71
So, Wesley
2747
Keymer, Vincent
27331-041Oslo18 Dec 2024board
72
Aronian, Levon
2747
Keymer, Vincent
27330-195Oslo17 Dec 2024board
73
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Aronian, Levon
27471/2-1/276Oslo17 Dec 2024board
74
Lazavik, Denis
2578
Keymer, Vincent
27331-0107Oslo17 Dec 2024board
75
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Lazavik, Denis
25781/2-1/244Oslo17 Dec 2024board
76
Lazavik, Denis
2578
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/239Oslo17 Dec 2024board
77
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Carlsen, Magnus
28311/2-1/244Oslo17 Dec 2024board
78
Carlsen, Magnus
2831
Keymer, Vincent
27331-065Oslo17 Dec 2024board
79
Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna
2647
Keymer, Vincent
27331-035Kolkata17 Nov 2024board
80
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
27771/2-1/244Kolkata17 Nov 2024board
81
So, Wesley
2747
Keymer, Vincent
27331-055Kolkata17 Nov 2024board
82
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu
27371-033Kolkata17 Nov 2024board
83
Carlsen, Magnus
2831
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/241Kolkata17 Nov 2024board
84
Keymer, Vincent
2578
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
26501-066Kolkata17 Nov 2024board
85
Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar
2799
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/263Kolkata17 Nov 2024board
86
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Dubov, Daniil
26931/2-1/231Kolkata17 Nov 2024board
87
Nihal, Sarin
2711
Keymer, Vincent
25781-066Kolkata17 Nov 2024board
88
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Narayanan, Sunilduth Lyna
26470-141Kolkata16 Nov 2024board
89
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
2777
Keymer, Vincent
27331-036Kolkata16 Nov 2024board
90
Keymer, Vincent
2733
So, Wesley
27471-028Kolkata16 Nov 2024board
91
Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu
2737
Keymer, Vincent
27331-057Kolkata16 Nov 2024board
92
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Carlsen, Magnus
28310-151Kolkata16 Nov 2024board
93
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
2650
Keymer, Vincent
25781/2-1/265Kolkata16 Nov 2024board
94
Keymer, Vincent
2578
Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar
27381/2-1/266Kolkata16 Nov 2024board
95
Dubov, Daniil
2693
Keymer, Vincent
27331-047Kolkata16 Nov 2024board
96
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Nihal, Sarin
26760-160Kolkata16 Nov 2024board
97
Dubov, Daniil
2693
Keymer, Vincent
27330-175Kolkata15 Nov 2024board
98
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
27391-027Kolkata15 Nov 2024board
99
Carlsen, Magnus
2831
Keymer, Vincent
27331-056Kolkata15 Nov 2024board
100
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Nihal, Sarin
26761-062Kolkata14 Nov 2024board