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Vrolijk, Liam
GM🇳🇱FIDE 1048333· Male· Netherlands· Born in 2002
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Liam Vrolijk, a 24-year-old Dutch Grandmaster, is rated 2517 and ranked 16th among Dutch players, and 478th worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2504 and 2537 over the past 2 years. 92 rated games in the past year (≈67/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 11, Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 9, and Tapijtgigant Open ASK 2026 - Group A. Also played 2 blitz events (including NK Snelschaak voor Clubteams 2025) recently. His peak of 2573 was reached at age 22 (Jan 2024, World #281 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2022 (age 20), IM in 2018 (age 16), and FM in 2016 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #35 in U20, World #16 in U18, World #17 in U16, World #26 in U14 and #2 nationally in U12.
Current rating
2517
Standard
Rpd2521·Blz2528
All-time high
2573
−56 pts below
Jan 2024 · age 22
Jan 2024 · age 22
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
92 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#16
#16 · Dutch players · of 4,695
Career timeline
21 entries2024
Peak World rank: #281
at age 22 · rated 2573
Jan 2024
All-time peak 2573
at age 22 · −56 from today
Jan 2024
2023
Peak Dutch rank: #9
at age 21 · rated 2558
Sep 2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 21
Jan 2023
2022
35th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2499
Dec 2022
GM title awardedGM
at age 20 · 2022 3rd FIDE Council
Nov 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+8
2509 → 2517
Tournaments
26
91 games
Score
66/ 9172.5%
46W40D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
19 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #973 | 1523 | -7.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #23 | 3133 | +2.5 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/6 | #6 | 2383 | -7.1 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #22 | 2982 | +1.1 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #65 | 3066 | +1.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/9 | #23 | 2471 | -7.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/6 | #17 | 2408 | -5.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #20 | 3075 | +1.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #241 | 3125 | +2.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #2 | 2666 | +4.5 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsThomas BeerdsenGM
🇳🇱NED·2518
+3 −5 =8
16 games·last met May 2026
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vsMax WarmerdamGM
🇳🇱NED·2520
+2 −6 =4
12 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsManuel BosboomIM
🇳🇱NED·2328
+6 −4 =1
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsCasper SchoppenGM
🇳🇱NED·2589
+0 −2 =9
11 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsSiem Van DaelFM
🇳🇱NED·2336
+5 −0 =5
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
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Netherlands
#16
out of 4,901 players
Europe
#274
in continent
World
#478
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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