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Brink, Barry
IM🇳🇱FIDE 1009451· Male· Netherlands· Born in 1975
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Barry Brink, a 51-year-old Dutch International Master, is rated 2290 and sitting in the top 3% of Dutch players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 47 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Dutch Team Competition - klasse 1 Round 5, Dutch Team Competition - klasse 1 Round 4, and Oberliga NRW 2025-2026 November 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Berserkers Blitz) recently. His peak of 2401 was reached at age 44 (Feb 2019); he also reached Dutch #60 in Aug 2023.
Awarded IM in 2019 (age 44) and FM in 2016 (age 41).
Current rating
2290
Standard
Rpd—·Blz2178
All-time high
2401
−111 pts below
Feb 2019 · age 44
Feb 2019 · age 44
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#139 · Dutch players · of 4,671
Career timeline
24 entries2026
14th Dutch 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2290
May 2026
2025
500 career games
at age 50
Nov 2025
2023
5th Dutch 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 2383
Nov 2023
Peak Dutch rank: #60
at age 48 · rated 2385
Aug 2023
2020
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 2382 → returned at 2376
Apr 2020
2019
IM title awardedIM
at age 44 · 1st quarter PB 2019
Apr 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-49
2339 → 2290
Tournaments
9
15 games
Score
6/ 1540.0%
3W6D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #176 | 1111 | -9.1 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #171 | 1353 | -7.1 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #70 | 2037 | -7.3 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #33 | 2848 | +1.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/6 | #42 | 2125 | -16.1 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #98 | 1356 | -7.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #119 | 2175 | -2.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #173 | 1660 | -3.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #9 | 2979 | +2.9 |
Rankings
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Netherlands
#139
out of 4,909 players
Europe
#2,959
in continent
World
#4,417
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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