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Leentjens, Gilbert

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FIDEFIDE 1019988· Male· Netherlands· Born in 1973

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Gilbert Leentjens, a 53-year-old Dutch player, is rated 1914 — just 20 short of his peak of 1934 (Sep 2025, age 52). He is progressing steadily with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group B, HZ University of Applied Sciences Schaaktoernooi 2025, and UniClass Amsterdam Science Park Chess Tournament 2025 - A. He took a 28-month break between Feb 2020 and Jul 2022 (COVID-19 included).

Current rating

1914

Standard

Rpd1853·Blz—

All-time high

1934

−20 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 52

Activity

21

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#44,698

#44,698 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

8 entries
2025
All-time peak 1934
at age 52 · −20 from today
Sep 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+108 Elo)
1784 → 1892
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 51
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1817 → returned at 1810
Feb 2020
2015
100 career games
at age 42
Sep 2015
2007
Crossed 1800
at age 34
Oct 2007

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
HZ University of Applied Sciences Schaaktoernooi 2025
perf 2053 (+119) · 5/8 · #136
Top opponent
vs Michael WunninkFM 2,167
HZ University of Applied Sciences Schaaktoernooi 2025 · Aug 2025 · +5.9 Elo
Evolution
+23
1891 → 1914
Tournaments
3
16 games
Score
8.5/ 1653.1%
7W3D6L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLuke Freeman1,806·Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group B·R2·-13.0
2.[L]vsLennart Kok1,847·Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group B·R5·-11.9
3.[L]vsMartijn Eefting1,987·HSG Open 2026 - groep B·R1·-7.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
HSG Open 2026 - groep B
Open Swiss
Jun 20261/2#951865-2.6
Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group B
Open Swiss
Oct 20252.5/4#1261930-20.0
HZ University of Applied Sciences Schaaktoernooi 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20255/8#1362053+12.6
Worst Elo result: Amsterdam Chess Open 2025 Group B (-20.0 Elo, finished #126).

Rankings

/
Netherlands
#1,901
out of 4,909 players
Europe
#32,969
in continent
World
#44,697
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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7
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8
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9
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10
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7
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8
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9
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1
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2
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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