Keymer, VincentAge 20


Source: en.chessbase.com

Title
Grandmaster
Live Rating
2718.0
Live Rank
#26
FIDE Rating
2718
World Rank
#26
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:
1311
Wins:
553 (42%)
Losses:
340 (26%)
Draws:
418 (32%)
Total score:
58%
Performance :
Performance for the last active 12 months:
2647
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
Caruana, Fabiano
2776
Keymer, Vincent
27181/2-1/234Paris, FR14 Apr 2025board
2
Keymer, Vincent
2718
Caruana, Fabiano
27760-166Paris, FR13 Apr 2025board
3
Keymer, Vincent
2718
Nakamura, Hikaru
28040-143Paris, FR12 Apr 2025board
4
Nakamura, Hikaru
2804
Keymer, Vincent
27181/2-1/241Paris, FR11 Apr 2025board
5
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27581/2-1/280Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
6
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2758
Keymer, Vincent
26490-137Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
7
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2757
Keymer, Vincent
27181/2-1/237Paris, FR10 Apr 2025board
8
Keymer, Vincent
2718
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27571/2-1/244Paris, FR9 Apr 2025board
9
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Caruana, Fabiano
27561-027Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
10
Praggnanandhaa R
2684
Keymer, Vincent
26490-116Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
11
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Nakamura, Hikaru
27341-067Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
12
Gukesh D
2654
Keymer, Vincent
26491-036Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
13
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Carlsen, Magnus
28191/2-1/267Pairs, FR8 Apr 2025board
14
Erigaisi Arjun
2708
Keymer, Vincent
26491-044Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
15
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
26501-051Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
16
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2745
Keymer, Vincent
26491-026Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
17
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
27580-139Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
18
Rapport, Richard
2709
Keymer, Vincent
26490-120Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
19
Keymer, Vincent
2649
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
27320-167Pairs, FR7 Apr 2025board
20
Ivic, Velimir
2622
Keymer, Vincent
27191/2-1/236Germany23 Mar 2025board
21
Keymer, Vincent
2719
Howell, David
26681-038Germany22 Mar 2025board
22
Nguyen, Thai Dai Van
2668
Keymer, Vincent
27311/2-1/288Prague7 Mar 2025board
23
Keymer, Vincent
2731
Gurel, Ediz
26241/2-1/257Prague6 Mar 2025board
24
Navara, David
2677
Keymer, Vincent
27311/2-1/253Prague5 Mar 2025board
25
Keymer, Vincent
2731
Giri, Anish
27281/2-1/244Prague4 Mar 2025board
26
Le, Quang Liem
2739
Keymer, Vincent
27311/2-1/254Prague2 Mar 2025board
27
Keymer, Vincent
2731
Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu
27410-144Prague1 Mar 2025board
28
Shankland, Samuel L
2670
Keymer, Vincent
27310-154Prague28 Feb 2025board
29
Keymer, Vincent
2731
Aravindh, Chithambaram VR
27290-145Prague27 Feb 2025board
30
Keymer, Vincent
2731
Wei, Yi
27551-055Prague26 Feb 2025board
31
Svane, Frederik
2640
Keymer, Vincent
27301-038Germany22 Feb 2025board
32
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu
27411-080Wijk aan Zee2 Feb 2025board
33
Harikrishna, Pentala
2695
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/232Wijk aan Zee1 Feb 2025board
34
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
27681/2-1/277Wijk aan Zee31 Jan 2025board
35
Erigaisi, Arjun Kumar
2801
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/238Wijk aan Zee29 Jan 2025board
36
Sarana, Alexey
2677
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/245Wijk aan Zee28 Jan 2025board
37
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Caruana, Fabiano
28030-160Wijk aan Zee26 Jan 2025board
38
Fedoseev, Vladimir1
2717
Keymer, Vincent
27331-051Wijk aan Zee25 Jan 2025board
39
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Giri, Anish
27311/2-1/254Wijk aan Zee24 Jan 2025board
40
Gukesh, Dommaraju
2777
Keymer, Vincent
27331-072Wijk aan Zee22 Jan 2025board
41
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Van Foreest, Jorden
26801/2-1/258Wijk aan Zee21 Jan 2025board
42
Wei, Yi
2751
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/227Wijk aan Zee20 Jan 2025board
43
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Warmerdam, Max
26461/2-1/267Wijk aan Zee19 Jan 2025board
44
Mendonca, Leon Luke
2639
Keymer, Vincent
27330-131Wijk aan Zee18 Jan 2025board
45
Keymer, Vincent
2730
Lodici, Lorenzo
25561/2-1/262Germany12 Jan 2025board
46
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2733
Keymer, Vincent
27301/2-1/228Germany11 Jan 2025board
47
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Firouzja, Alireza
27630-181Oslo19 Dec 2024board
48
Firouzja, Alireza
2763
Keymer, Vincent
27331/2-1/295Oslo19 Dec 2024board
49
Keymer, Vincent
2733
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
27310-161Oslo19 Dec 2024board
50
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime
2731
Keymer, Vincent
27331-059Oslo19 Dec 2024board