Vincent Keymer

World Number 5

Last Live Game

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Tournaments

2026-08-02

- 2026-08-06

Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz

St. Louis, USA

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2026-08-10

- 2026-08-20

Sinquefield Cup

St. Louis, USA

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2026-09-15

- 2026-09-27

Chess Olympiad

Samarkand, UZB

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Photo: Stev Bonhage

Tournament Highlights

2026

Super Chess Classic Romania

Bucharest, ROU

Score: 6/9 Performance: 2835

2026

Freestyle Chess Open

Karlsruhe, GER

Score: 7.5/9 Performance: 2916

2025

Chennai Grand Masters

Chennai, IND

Score: 7/9 Performance: 2917

2025

Freestyle Chess Weissenhaus

Weissenhaus, GER

2. Caruana | 3. Carlsen

2023

European Team Championship

Budva, MNE

Score: 5.5/9 Performance: 2754

2022

World Championship (Rapid)

Almaty, KAZ

Score: 9.5/13 Performance: 2822

2021

European Championship

Reykjavik, ISL

Score: 8.5/11 Performance: 2751

2018

Grenke Open

Karlsruhe, GER

Score: 8/9 Performance: 2796

Photo: Lennart Ootes | Grand Chess Tour

Photo: Ivica Müller

Vincent Keymer

In September 2025, Vincent Keymer entered the top ten of the world chess rankings for the first time by winning the Chennai Grand Masters. Just two months later, with an Elo rating of 2776, he was already ranked fourth in the world.

Earlier in 2025, he won the Freestyle Chess tournament in Weissenhaus, defeating the world number one, Magnus Carlsen, in the semi-finals and the world number two, Fabiano Caruana, in the final.

Vincent Keymer was regarded as a child prodigy in Germany from an early age and as the greatest talent since world champion Emanuel Lasker. He made headlines internationally in 2018 at the age of 13, when he won the Grenke Open ahead of 49 grandmasters. With eight points from nine games, he achieved a tournament performance rating of 2796, setting a world record for his age group.

Born in Mainz in 2004, Vincent Keymer grew up in Saulheim in a family of musicians. He began playing the piano at the age of 4, before discovering chess at the age of 5. Vincent Keymer currently lives in Vienna.

Germany’s number one is coached by Peter Leko since 2017.

Photo gallery

The following photos were kindly provided by FIDE, David Llada, Georgios Souleidis, Grand Chess Tour, Ivica Müller, Lennart Ootes, MGD1, Michal Walusza, Stev Bonhage, and tatasteelchess.com.