Vincent Keymer
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| Full name | Vincent Keymer |
| Country | Germany |
| Born | 15 November 2004 Mainz, Germany |
| Title | International Master |
| FIDE rating | 2730 (September 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2432 (August 2017) |
| Ranking | No. 20 (September 2024) |
Vincent Keymer (born 15 November 2004) is a German chess player. His peak rating was 2432 in August 2017.
Personal life
Vincent Keymer comes from a musical family. He plays the piano. His father, Christof Keymer, is a concert pianist and a professor of music at the University of Hanover; his mother, Heike, plays the cello in an orchestra and his sister, Cecilia, plays the piano and the cello. When he was ten, Keymer was on the September 2015 cover of the German chess magazine, Schach Magazin, being hailed as Germany’s greatest talent since Emanuel Lasker.[1]
Career
Vincent Keymer was born in Mainz, Germany, a city that has a long history of hosting rapid tournaments and Chess960 tournaments.[2] He learned chess from his parents at the age of five.[3] In 2015 he became European champion with the German U18 national chess team.[4]
Garry Kasparov in 2016 referred to Keymer as "exceptional", and Keymer at 11 demonstrated his potential with an "impressive second prize" in a strong field in the Vienna Open tournament.[5]
In July 2017, Vincent Keymer obtained the third IM norm by which he became an International Master in chess.
He has been coached by GM Peter Leko of Hungary. Leko himself was once "the world's most promising prodigy".[6]
Since 29 March till 2 April 2018, he played the Grenke Chess Open swiss tournament A as the 99th seed; he then won that tournament ahead of 49 grandmasters, including four 2700+ GMs, scoring 8/9 and achieving his first GM norm at age 13.[7][8] The FIDE ratings and the tournament scores of the said four 2700+ grandmasters were: Dmitry Andreikin (2712) 7pt, Hao Wang (2713) 7pt, Etienne Bacrot (2718) 7pt, and he won while playing the black pieces in the final round against GM Richárd Rapport (2715) 6.5pt.[9][10][11] He earned more than enough points required for a GM norm.[12]
The chess news service The Week in Chess has said that his performance at the Grenke Chess Open is "one of the most sensational results of all time," and that it could be "the moment Keymer announced himself on the world stage."[13]
References
- ^ Friedel, Frederic. “Chess Talent: Vincent meets Garry”. Chess News. Chessbase dot com. October 23, 2015.
- ^ Doggers, Peter. "13-Year-Old Keymer Wins Grenke Open Ahead Of 49 GMs" Chess dot com. April 2, 2018.
- ^ "Ein kleiner König". zeit.de. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ^ Polgar, Susan (2017). Learn Chess the Right Way. Russell Enterprises. pp. 160–. ISBN 9781941270660. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ Barden, Leonard. "Youngsters peak earlier with computer aid in top nations’ prodigy battle". The Guardian. 26 August 2016.
- ^ Doggers, Peter. "13-Year-Old Keymer Wins Grenke Open Ahead Of 49 GMs" Chess dot com. April 2, 2018.
- ^ http://ergebnisse.grenkechessopen.de/3gco/a-open-fort.html?t=1522761742
- ^ Doggers, Peter. "13-Year-Old Keymer Wins Grenke Open Ahead Of 49 GMs" Chess dot com. April 2, 2018.
- ^ http://grenkechessopen.de/en/a-open
- ^ http://ergebnisse.grenkechessopen.de/3gco/a-open-rang.html?t=1522701575
- ^ Crowther, Mark. The Week in Chess. April 3, 2018.
- ^ Chessgames dot com
- ^ Crowther, Mark. The Week in Chess. April 3, 2018.
External links
- Vincent Keymer player profile and games at Chessgames.com