Question 1

How many FIDE-rated chess players are in Belgium?

Accepted Answer

Belgium has 3,531 active FIDE-rated chess players.

Question 2

How many Grandmasters are in Belgium?

Accepted Answer

Belgium has 7 FIDE Grandmasters (GM and WGM).

Question 3

How many International Masters are in Belgium?

Accepted Answer

Belgium has 24 FIDE International Masters (IM and WIM).

Question 4

How many FIDE Masters are in Belgium?

Accepted Answer

Belgium has 73 FIDE Masters (FM and WFM).

Question 5

How many titled players are in Belgium?

Accepted Answer

Belgium has 117 titled players in total (GMs, IMs, FMs and CMs).

Question 6

Who is the best chess player in Belgium?

Accepted Answer

The highest-rated chess player from Belgium is Dardha, Daniel (GM), with a standard rating of 2596.

Question 7

What is the highest FIDE rating in Belgium?

Accepted Answer

The highest standard FIDE rating in Belgium is 2596, held by Dardha, Daniel.

Question 8

What is the average rating of the top 10 chess players in Belgium?

Accepted Answer

The average standard rating of the top 10 players in Belgium is 2463.

Question 9

Where can I find Belgium chess rankings?

Accepted Answer

Full Belgium chess rankings, rating history and statistics are available on ChessStats at https://chessstats.app/federation/BEL.

#	Player	STD ↓	RPD	BLZ	+/-1m
1	Dardha, DanielGM21a· 15p	2 596	2 569	2 582	+8
2	Gurevich, MikhailGM67a· 4p	2 563	2 567	2 610	-9
3	Ringoir, TanguyGM32a· 0p	2 529	2 513	2 587	0
4	Maerevoet, SimIM25a· 13p	2 460	2 458	2 389	+15
5	Ruzhansky, EliasIM15a· 13p	2 451	2 293	2 323	-13
6	Glek, IgorGM65a· 19p	2 423	2 430	2 368	0
7	Vandenbussche, ThibautIM39a· 9p	2 413	2 435	2 432	+13
8	Todorov, TodorGM52a· 3p	2 402	—	—	-7
9	Geirnaert, StevenIM42a· 7p	2 399	2 427	2 327	-11
10	Hovhannisyan, MherGM48a· 4p	2 391	2 409	2 390	-13

Belgium

Titled players — 117