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Van Alfen, Rene

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FIDEFIDE 1019767· Male· Netherlands· Born in 1968

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Rene Van Alfen, a 58-year-old Dutch player, is rated 1893 — just 22 short of his peak of 1915 (Aug 2025, age 57). He is currently in the 1850–1900 range. 12 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent appearances: Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Weekendvierkampen and 46ste Open Internationaal Toernooi Gent. Also played 1 blitz event (including OSBO Snelschaakkampioenschap 2026) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 17 months (2010–2011), 25 months (2014–2017), 21 months (2022–2024) and 16 months (2024–2025).

Current rating

1893

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1801

All-time high

1915

−22 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 57

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#49,910

#49,910 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

9 entries
2025
All-time peak 1915
at age 57 · −22 from today
Aug 2025
2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1902 → returned at 1915
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1836 → returned at 1902
May 2022
2014
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1825 → returned at 1819
Dec 2014
2010
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1822 → returned at 1835
May 2010
2009
Best 12-month gain (+72 Elo)
1754 → 1826
Sep 2009

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Marcus Driessen 2,134
46ste Open Internationaal Toernooi Gent · Jul 2025 · +5.6 Elo
Evolution
-9
1902 → 1893
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
5.5/ 1245.8%
4W3D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Weekendvierkampen
Round-Robin
Jan 20260.5/3#4611616-21.6
46ste Open Internationaal Toernooi Gent
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/9#1101943+12.8
Worst Elo result: Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Weekendvierkampen (-21.6 Elo, finished #461).

Rankings

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Netherlands
#2,125
out of 4,901 players
Europe
#36,729
in continent
World
#49,910
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Netherlands
1
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2,767
2
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2,735
3
🇳🇱Van Wely, LoekFollow Loek Van WelyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,625
4
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2,592
5
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2,589
6
🇳🇱Reinderman, DimitriFollow Dimitri ReindermanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,574
7
🇳🇱Sokolov, IvanFollow Ivan SokolovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,567
8
🇳🇱Smeets, JanFollow Jan SmeetsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,564
9
🇳🇱Bok, BenjaminFollow Benjamin BokTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,560
10
🇳🇱Van den Doel, ErikFollow Erik Van den DoelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,549
...
2125🇳🇱Van Alfen, Rene1,893
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
36729🇳🇱Van Alfen, Rene1,893
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
49910🇳🇱Van Alfen, Rene1,893