Keymer, Vincent Age 19

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Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2723.7
Live Rank
#22
FIDE Rating
2730
World Rank
#20
Germany Rank
#1
FIDE Peak Rating
2743 - Jan 2024 (Age 19)
FIDE Peak Rank
#12 (2743) - Jan 2024 (Age 19)
Rapid
2642 World #59, Peak 2726 (May 2024)
Blitz
2578 World #146, Peak 2726 (May 2024)
Born
15 Nov 2004
Mainz, Germany
FIDE ID 12940690
Wikipedia
Active Years:
2011 - 2024
Total Games:
1222
Wins:
531 (43%)
Losses:
311 (26%)
Draws:
380 (31%)
Total score:
59%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2654
White:
A17 English Opening (32 games)
A13 English Opening (29 games)
D35 Queen's Gambit Declined (23 games)
Black:
B90 Sicilian Defense (28 games)
D41 Queen's Gambit Declined (19 games)
D02 London System (18 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 
51Keymer, Vincent2726Wei, Yi27551/2-1/272Warsaw12 May 2024
52Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2766Keymer, Vincent27261-034Warsaw12 May 2024
53Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2747Keymer, Vincent27260-146Warsaw11 May 2024
54Keymer, Vincent2726Shevchenko, Kirill26771-052Warsaw11 May 2024
55Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/256Warsaw11 May 2024
56Keymer, Vincent2610Giri, Anish27151/2-1/234Warsaw11 May 2024
57Carlsen, Magnus2830Keymer, Vincent27261-044Warsaw11 May 2024
58Keymer, Vincent2726Duda, Jan Krzysztof27340-140Warsaw11 May 2024
59Keymer, Vincent2726Gukesh, Dommaraju27641-056Warsaw11 May 2024
60Wei, Yi2755Keymer, Vincent27261-030Warsaw11 May 2024
61Keymer, Vincent2726Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27661/2-1/288Warsaw11 May 2024
62Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2762Keymer, Vincent27260-166Warsaw10 May 2024
63Keymer, Vincent2726Carlsen, Magnus28300-133Warsaw10 May 2024
64Keymer, Vincent2726Giri, Anish27451/2-1/2114Warsaw10 May 2024
65Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu2747Keymer, Vincent27261-058Warsaw9 May 2024
66Keymer, Vincent2726Gukesh, Dommaraju27640-140Warsaw9 May 2024
67Abdusattorov, Nodirbek2766Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/238Warsaw9 May 2024
68Keymer, Vincent2726Shevchenko, Kirill26770-183Warsaw8 May 2024
69Duda, Jan Krzysztof2734Keymer, Vincent27260-146Warsaw8 May 2024
70Keymer, Vincent2726Wei, Yi27551/2-1/2130Warsaw8 May 2024
71Svidler, Peter2689Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/242Malmo3 May 2024
72Keymer, Vincent2726Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27650-150Malmo2 May 2024
73Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar2756Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/239Malmo1 May 2024
74Keymer, Vincent2726Ju, Wenjun25590-169Malmo30 Apr 2024
75Korobov, Anton2651Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/261Malmo29 Apr 2024
76Keymer, Vincent2726Grandelius, Nils26641-037Malmo28 Apr 2024
77Maurizzi, Marc Andria2605Keymer, Vincent27260-129Malmo27 Apr 2024
78Keymer, Vincent2726Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27320-130Karlsruhe1 Apr 2024
79Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2732Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/244Karlsruhe1 Apr 2024
80Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2732Keymer, Vincent27261/2-1/238Karlsruhe1 Apr 2024
81Keymer, Vincent2726Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27321/2-1/251Karlsruhe1 Apr 2024
82Keymer, Vincent2738Ding, Liren27621-031Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
83Carlsen, Magnus2830Keymer, Vincent27381-073Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
84Keymer, Vincent2738Ding, Liren27621-037Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
85Keymer, Vincent2738Fridman, Daniel25901-032Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
86Ding, Liren2762Keymer, Vincent27381/2-1/232Karlsruhe31 Mar 2024
87Keymer, Vincent2738Rapport, Richard27200-136Karlsruhe30 Mar 2024
88Vachier Lagrave, Maxime2728Keymer, Vincent27381/2-1/252Karlsruhe30 Mar 2024
89Fridman, Daniel2590Keymer, Vincent27381/2-1/263Karlsruhe28 Mar 2024
90Keymer, Vincent2738Carlsen, Magnus28300-166Karlsruhe28 Mar 2024
91Ding, Liren2762Keymer, Vincent27381/2-1/259Karlsruhe27 Mar 2024
92Rapport, Richard2720Keymer, Vincent27381/2-1/264Karlsruhe27 Mar 2024
93Keymer, Vincent2738Vachier Lagrave, Maxime27281/2-1/271Karlsruhe26 Mar 2024
94Keymer, Vincent2738Fridman, Daniel25901/2-1/235Karlsruhe26 Mar 2024
95Brkic, Ante2606Keymer, Vincent27171/2-1/245Germany17 Mar 2024
96Keymer, Vincent2717Fressinet, Laurent26431-047Germany16 Mar 2024
97Keymer, Vincent2738Bartel, Mateusz26601/2-1/241Prague7 Mar 2024
98Gukesh, Dommaraju2743Keymer, Vincent27381-027Prague6 Mar 2024
99Keymer, Vincent2738Abdusattorov, Nodirbek27440-138Prague5 Mar 2024
100Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi2747Keymer, Vincent27380-134Prague4 Mar 2024
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