Format
BH
Brongers, Henk
🇫🇷FIDE 1021303· Male· France· Born in 1954
Follow Henk BrongersTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Henk Brongers, a 72-year-old French player, is rated 1999. He has slipped back 56 Elo over the past 12 months. 62 rated games in the past year (≈37/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, World Senior Chess Championships 2025 - Over 65, and EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - OPEN cat. 65 plus. Also played 7 blitz events (including 1er Tournoi Blitz Pizza de Sanary 2025-2026) recently. His peak of 2135 was reached at age 55 (Jan 2009).
Competes for France since Jul 2008.
Current rating
1999
Standard
Rpd2000·Blz1787
All-time high
2135
−136 pts below
Jan 2009 · age 55
Jan 2009 · age 55
Activity
51
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
62 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#27,679
#27,679 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2025
13th French 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 2055
Jun 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 70
Jan 2024
2023
23rd French 65-70 player
at age 69 · rated 2074
Nov 2023
2019
500 career games
at age 65
May 2019
2015
27th French 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2056
Oct 2015
Re-crossed 2000
at age 61
Jan 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-56
2055 → 1999
Tournaments
12
62 games
Score
30.5/ 6249.2%
23W15D24L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsStipe LacmanovicCM1,875·EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - OPEN cat. 65 plus·R7·-13.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/9 | #11 | 1937 | -0.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 5/8 | #44 | 2154 | +41.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #1075 | 1948 | -1.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #601 | 1992 | +0.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #1001 | 1598 | -1.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/2 | #1483 | 1327 | -12.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #1227 | 1277 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/11 | #156 | 1940 | -26.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #713 | 2307 | +6.8 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/9 | #65 | 1949 | -20.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDominique Penloup
🇫🇷FRA·1814
+6 −4 =1
11 games·last met Jul 2009
View head-to-head →
vsCherif Zermiche
🇫🇷FRA·2116
+5 −4 =0
9 games·last met Feb 2012
View head-to-head →
vsWassil Bibah
🇫🇷FRA·2078
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
vsPhilippe Langevin
🇫🇷FRA·2156
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2019
View head-to-head →
vsPhilippe Ganier
🇫🇷FRA·1702
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
France
#1,537
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#20,453
in continent
World
#27,679
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
France
| 1 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,744 |
| 2 | 🇫🇷Follow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,721 |
| 3 | 🇫🇷Follow Etienne BacrotTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,626 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Follow Maxime LagardeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,615 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Follow MarcAndria MaurizziTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,615 |
| 6 | 🇫🇷Follow Jules MoussardTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,613 |
| 7 | 🇫🇷Follow Laurent FressinetTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,610 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Follow Gata KamskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,596 |
| 9 | 🇫🇷Follow Matthieu CornetteTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,559 |
| 10 | 🇫🇷Follow Christian BauerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,557 |
| ... | ||
| 1537 | 1,999 | |
Europe
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 3 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,744 |
| 5 | 🇵🇱Follow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 6 | 🇭🇺Follow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,729 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,728 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Follow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,721 |
| 9 | 🇦🇿Follow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,717 |
| 10 | 🇹🇷Follow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,713 |
| ... | ||
| 20453 | 1,999 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 27679 | 1,999 | |