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Van Batenburg, Mees
🇳🇱FIDE 1078259· Male· Netherlands· Born in 2009
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Mees Van Batenburg, a 17-year-old Dutch player, is rated 2266 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of Dutch players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 87 rated games in the past year (≈68/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 11, Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 9, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. Also played 2 blitz events (including NK Snelschaken 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #7, #4 and #1 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2266
Standard
Rpd2219·Blz2392
All-time high
2266
at best
May 2026 · age 17
May 2026 · age 17
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
87 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#174 · Dutch players · of 4,695
Career timeline
14 entries2026
7th Dutch U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2266
May 2026
All-time peak 2266
at age 17
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 16
Aug 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 16
May 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 16
Mar 2025
2024
4th Dutch U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2258
Nov 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+48
2218 → 2266
Tournaments
24
82 games
Score
46/ 8256.1%
34W24D24L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
19 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #151 | 2817 | +9.2 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #52 | 2410 | +9.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #166 | 2266 | +22.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #1054 | 1675 | -8.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #1348 | 1767 | -4.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #788 | 2263 | +1.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/6 | #77 | 2172 | -9.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #512 | 3064 | +23.2 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 4/8 | #251 | 2289 | +19.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/5 | #28 | 2230 | -42.8 |
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Rankings
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Netherlands
#174
out of 4,901 players
Europe
#3,529
in continent
World
#5,216
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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