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Wastiaux, Roland

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FIDEFIDE 1046179· Male· Netherlands· Born in 1953

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Roland Wastiaux, a 73-year-old Dutch player, is rated 1789 — just 5 short of his peak of 1794 (Dec 2025, age 72). He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 2 years. 28 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 7, 51 Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla 2026, and Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 2. He took a 28-month break between Sep 2016 and Feb 2019.

Current rating

1789

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1794

−5 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 72

Activity

23

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#79,811

#79,811 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2025
All-time peak 1794
at age 72 · −5 from today
Dec 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 71
May 2024
2019
Best 12-month gain (+116 Elo)
1671 → 1787
Sep 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 66
Sep 2019
2016
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1671 → returned at 1733
Sep 2016
Crossed 1600
at age 63
Aug 2016

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
18. Wormser Nibelungenopen B-Turnier
perf 1852 (+71) · 5/7 · #3
Top opponent
vs Hendrik Aldenberg 1,887
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 2 · Nov 2025 · +12.6 Elo
Best comeback
18. Wormser Nibelungenopen B-Turnier
finished #3 (seeded #26 of 106)
Evolution
+20
1769 → 1789
Tournaments
6
29 games
Score
14.5/ 2950.0%
12W5D12L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMaximilian Maerz1,862·18. Wormser Nibelungenopen B-Turnier·R5·-7.7
2.[L]vsJesper Kool1,879·HSG Open 2025 - Group B·R3·-6.9
3.[L]vsSeth Van der Vegt1,909·HSG Open 2025 - Group B·R5·-6.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 7
Team
Mar 20261/1#1532526+8.4
51 Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla 2026
Open Swiss
Jan 20263.5/9#1981762-13.2
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 2
Team
Nov 20251/1#1172687+12.8
18. Wormser Nibelungenopen B-Turnier
Open Swiss
Oct 20255/7#31852+18.0
V Open Internacional CA Monteolivete
Open Swiss
Jul 20252.5/6#521748-5.8
HSG Open 2025 - Group B
Open Swiss
Jun 20251.5/4#881750-2.6

Rankings

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Netherlands
#3,182
out of 4,909 players
Europe
#57,614
in continent
World
#79,809
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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7
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8
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10
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Europe
1
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5
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7
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8
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9
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World
1
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2
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7
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2,764
8
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