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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 1 blitz event (including NK Snelschaak voor Clubteams 2025) recently.

Awarded CM in 2020 (age 33).

Current rating

2280

Standard

Rpd—·Blz2263

All-time high

2280

at best
May 2026 · age 39

Activity

18

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 3%

#151 · Dutch players · of 4,695

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

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
17th BPB Limburg Open 2025 Group A
perf 2549 (+276) · 4.5/7 · #24
Top opponent
vs Thomas BeerdsenGM 2,538
17th BPB Limburg Open 2025 Group A · Jun 2025 · +16.4 Elo
Evolution
+67
2213 → 2280
Tournaments
10
16 games
Score
8/ 1650.0%
6W4D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

10 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
Worst Elo result: Dutch Team Competition 2024-2025 - Klasse 2 Round 9 (-15.4 Elo, finished #205).

Rankings

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Netherlands
#151
out of 4,901 players
Europe
#3,159
in continent
World
#4,711
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
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2,625
4
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2,592
5
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2,589
6
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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
...
151🇳🇱Donker, Roel2,280
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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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
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2,708
...
3159🇳🇱Donker, Roel2,280
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
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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
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2,753
...
4711🇳🇱Donker, Roel2,280