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Donker, Roel

Donker, Roel

CM🇳🇱

FIDEFIDE 1031660· Male· Netherlands· Born in 1987

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Roel Donker, a 39-year-old Dutch Candidate Master, is rated 2280 — his current career high and sitting in the top 3% of Dutch players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +52 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 9, Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 6, and Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 8. Also played 2 blitz events (including NK Snelschaak voor Clubteams 2025) recently.

Awarded CM in 2020 (age 33).

Current rating

2280

Standard

Rpd—·Blz2277

All-time high

2280

at best
May 2026 · age 39

Activity

18

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#153 · Dutch players · of 4,671

Career timeline

12 entries
2026
25th Dutch 35-40 player
at age 39 · rated 2280
May 2026
All-time peak 2280
at age 39
May 2026
2022
64th Dutch 20-35 player
at age 35 · rated 2273
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2254 → returned at 2257
Apr 2020
CM title awardedCM
at age 33
Mar 2020
2019
100 career games
at age 32
Jun 2019

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Khoi PhamIM 2,461
Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 4 · Nov 2025 · +5.1 Elo
Evolution
+7
2273 → 2280
Tournaments
8
8 games
Score
3.5/ 843.8%
2W3D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 9
Team
Apr 20260.5/1#442436+3.6
Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 6
Team
Mar 20260/1#901546-8.0
Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 8
Team
Mar 20261/1#313167+12.6
Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 7
Team
Feb 20261/1#193121+11.8
Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 5
Team
Dec 20250/1#761583-6.8
Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 4
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#492461+5.0
Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 3
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#652172-2.6
Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 2
Team
Oct 20250/1#921500-9.2

Rankings

/
Netherlands
#153
out of 4,909 players
Europe
#3,196
in continent
World
#4,750
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Netherlands
1
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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2,564
9
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10
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2,549
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153🇳🇱Donker, Roel2,280
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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3196🇳🇱Donker, Roel2,280
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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4750🇳🇱Donker, Roel2,280