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Matthias Bluebaum – German Chess Grandmaster

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Matthias Bluebaum German Chess Grandmaster

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Matthias Bluebaum is a Chess Grandmaster from Germany with Elo ratings exceeding 2600 from FIDE, making him one of the best German chess players of all time.

Full Name: Matthias Bluebaum

Title: Grandmaster (2015)

International Master (2012)

FIDE Master (2011)

Place of birth: Lemgo, Germany

Born: April 18, 1997

Federation: Germany

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  • Biography
  • The Beginning
  • Notable Achievements
  • Notable Games
    • Roland Loetscher vs Matthias Bluebaum – Accentus Young Masters – April 08, 2016
    • Matthias Bluebaum vs Anton Korobov – Aeroflot Open – Moscow, Russia March 08, 2016
    • Maxim Dlugy vs Matthias Bluebaum World Blitz Championship – Berlin Germany – October, 13 2015

Ratings

World ranking: 85

Rapid: 2587

Blitz: 2607

Classical: 2664

Peak rating: 2674 – Reached in August, 2021

Profiles

  • FIDE
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Most Frequently Played Openings

With the White pieces:

  • King’s Indian
  • Queen’s Pawn Game
  • Grunfeld

With the Black pieces:

  • French Defense
  • French
  • Queen’s Gambit Declined

Biography

Matthias Bluebaum is a German chess Grandmaster born on April 18, 1997. Bluebaum was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2015, the International Master title in 2012, and the FIDE Master title in 2011. As of August 2022, Bluebaum’s FIDE rating was 2664 while his Peak rating was 2674 as of August 2021. In addition, Bluebaum placed 2nd overall as the best player in Germany behind Vincent Keymer.

The Beginning

Bluebaum represented Germany on the third board at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in September 2016. Bluebaum was the highest scorer in his country, achieving 7.5/10 for a score rating of 2744. In the championship’s ultimate round, played that year, Bluebaum trounced Tarvo Seeman of Estonia from a tied position, giving the US the gold medal. If Blübaum and Seeman had tied, Ukraine would have earned gold using the Sonneborn-Berger tiebreak mechanism.

Blübaum competed in the European Individual Chess Championship in March 2019 and finished 46th with a score of 7/11. Bluebaum participated in the Grenke Chess Open from April 18th to 22nd. After scoring 7.5/9, he shared 1st-8th and finished 6th on deciding set. The tournament was won by Daniel Fridman. Blübaum finished 5th out of 8 competitors at the German Masters, which took place in Magdeburg from 25th May to 1st June. He finished with 4/7 points.

Blübaum finished 81st with 5.5/11points at the 2019 FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament on the Isle of Man from 10th to 20th October. From October 24 to November 2, he played for Germany once more at the European Team Chess tournament in Batumi. As Germany finished 8th, Blübaum scored 3.5/6 points.

Notable Achievements

  • Bluebaum was part of the German team that triumphed in the European Youth Chess Tournament in 2015.
  • Won a gold medal at the European Individual Chess Tournament in April 2022.
  • Ranked third at the Under-18 German Chess Championship in 2011.
  • Won at the 2016 Grenke Chess Open.
  • In January 2020, Bluebaum won the 9th Volksbank-Cup scoring 9 out of 9 setting a record in the tournament’s all-time greatest achievement.

Notable Games

Roland Loetscher vs Matthias Bluebaum – Accentus Young Masters – April 08, 2016

Matthias Bluebaum vs Anton Korobov – Aeroflot Open – Moscow, Russia March 08, 2016

Maxim Dlugy vs Matthias Bluebaum
World Blitz Championship – Berlin Germany – October, 13 2015

Did you enjoy reading about Matthias Bluebaum? If you did, you might be interesting in reading other player profiles such as Amin Tabatabaei, Bobby Fischer, and Rey Enigma.

Sources

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20190504133201/https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=GER
  2. https://www.europechess.org/matthias-bluebaum-wins-european-individual-chess-championship-2022/
  3. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/4605047
  4. https://perlenvombodensee.de/2020/09/08/matthias-bluebaum-die-neue-nummer-eins-erstmal-das-studium-dass-ich-schachprofi-werde-ist-fuer-mich-nicht-klar/
  5. https://www.schachbund.de/prinzen.html
  6. http://www.deutsche-schachjugend.de/spielerdesjahres/2011/ergebnisse/
  7. https://de.chessbase.com/post/grenke-chess-classic-bluebaum-schlaegt-naiditsch
  8. https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/Accentus_Young_Masters_2016/41482
  9. https://de.chessbase.com/post/deutsche-schachjugend-ehrt-die-spieler-des-jahres
  10. http://chess-results.com/tnr368908.aspx?lan=1&art=20&flag=30&snr=16
  11. https://www.nw.de/sport/lokalsport/bielefeld/lokalsport_bielefeld/22672936_Erfolgreiches-Schachturnier-von-zweihochsechs-Bielefeld.html
  12. https://en.chessbase.com/post/matthias-bluebaum-wins-german-masters
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