BEL · 72 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1924 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)
Best performance: 2091 at 1st Open Belgian Championship Rapid 50plus 2016(Best of 2016)
Rapid rating
1868
FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.
On FIDE’s list since Nov 2016 · Inactive on FIDE’s list
How live ratings are calculated
Rating History · Rapid
Rapid rating unchanged at 1868 over the last 12 months; peak 1924 in March 2024.
Official rating by month
Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.
| List | Classical | Rapid | Blitz |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 1880, +5, 1 game | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| Oct 2026 | 1875, 0, 0 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| Sep 2026 | 1875, +8, 7 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| Aug 2026 | 1867, 0, 0 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| Jul 2026 | 1867, +15, 13 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| Jun 2026 | 1852, +7, 3 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| May 2026 | 1845, -5, 6 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| Apr 2026 | 1850, +3, 7 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| Mar 2026 | 1847, -24, 4 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| Feb 2026 | 1871, +17, 3 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| Jan 2026 | 1854, -7, 5 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
| Dec 2025 | 1861, +14, 9 games | 1868, 0, 0 games | 1894, 0, 0 games |
Form · Rapid
From 58 rapid games on record, the latest on Mar 4, 2025.
No rated rapid games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)
| Last played | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Rapide de Carnaval 2025Feb 25, 2025 – Mar 4, 2025TPR 1616 | 3/7 |
The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.
Best wins · Rapid
From 41 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2016–2025
| # | Opponent | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1, | FM Gorik Cools, Oct 2016 · 1st Open Belgian Championship Rapid 50plus 2016 | , 2240 |
| 2, | Raf Barzeele, Oct 2019 · 3de VSF 65plus-Rapidkampioenschap 2019 | , 1973 |
| 3, | IM Gabriel Miulescu, Oct 2019 · 3de VSF 65plus-Rapidkampioenschap 2019 | , 1925 |
| 4, | Roland Heuschen, Oct 2024 · Rapide Automne TAL 2024 | , 1796 |
| 5, | Serge Sferruggia, Oct 2024 · Rapide Automne TAL 2024 | , 1732 |
| 6, | Pascal Woyave, Feb 2025 · Rapide de Carnaval 2025 | , 1729 |
| 7, | Sebastien Cabay, 2 wins, Oct 2024 · Rapide Automne TAL 2024 | , 1715* |
| 8, | Chris De Spiegelaere, Oct 2019 · 3de VSF 65plus-Rapidkampioenschap 2019 | , 1703 |
| 9, | Marcel Lafosse, Oct 2024 · Rapide Automne TAL 2024 | , 1653 |
| 10, | Bernard Geerinckx, Oct 2017 · 2nd Open Belgian Championship Rapid 50plus 2017 | , 1562 |
* No rapid rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.
Performance rating by year
| Year | Games | Score | Avg opp | TPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 1741 | 1616 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 1800 | 1850 |
| 2020 | 8 | 4 | 1563 | 1563 |
Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.
- Feb – Mar 2025Swissfederation sourceBest of 2025Score 3/7Opp avg 1741Start 1912
- Oct 2024Swissfederation sourceBest of 2024Score 4/7Opp avg 1800Start 1924
- Feb 2020Swissfederation sourceBest of 2020Score 4/8Opp avg 1563Start 1921
- Oct 2019Swissfederation source#2 in 2019Score 4½/9Opp avg 1908Start 1920
- May 2019Swissfederation sourceBest of 2019Score 5½/9Opp avg 2064Start 1875
- Oct 2017Swissfederation sourceBest of 2017Score 4/9Opp avg 1879Start 1911
- Oct 2016Swissfederation sourceBest of 2016Score 6½/9Opp avg 2091
- Rapide de Carnaval 2025 · Feb – Mar 2025 · 3/7
- Rapide Automne TAL 2024 · Oct 2024 · 4/7
- Portugal Open 2020 - Rapid · Feb 2020 · 4/8
- 3de VSF 65plus-Rapidkampioenschap 2019 · Oct 2019 · 4½/9
- Eifeler Schachfestival 2019 - Rapid · May 2019 · 5½/9
- 2nd Open Belgian Championship Rapid 50plus 2017 · Oct 2017 · 4/9
- 1st Open Belgian Championship Rapid 50plus 2016 · Oct 2016 · 6½/9
World
- #=83291Ioan-Romulus Popescu1868
- #=83291Branislav Popovic1868
- #=83291Eric Porteman1868
- #=83291Aerobin PRADO1868
- #=83291Max Pritchard1868
Belgium
- #=627Gaetan Herbinaux1869
- #=635Andre Dumont1868
- #=635Eric Porteman1868
- #=635Ernest Provinciael1868
- #=635Stefan Dooms1868
Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.