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Simons, Willy

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FIDEFIDE 10803696· Male· Kenya· Born in 1963

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Willy Simons, a 63-year-old player, is rated 1748 — just 14 short of his peak of 1762 (Dec 2025, age 62). He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2016–2017) and 16 months (2018–2020). Recent standard appearances include Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 5, Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 7, and Dutch Team Competition - klasse 4 Round 7. He reached #50 nationally in Jan 2018.

Current rating

1748

Standard

Rpd1774·Blz—

All-time high

1762

−14 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 62

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#93,232

#93,232 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
5th 60-65 player nationally
at age 62 · rated 1762
Dec 2025
All-time peak 1762
at age 62 · −14 from today
Dec 2025
Best 12-month gain (+192 Elo)
1525 → 1717
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 61
Mar 2024
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 59
May 2022
3rd 55-60 player nationally
at age 59 · rated 1592
Apr 2022

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ton Van der Werf 2,036
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 2 · Nov 2025 · +16.6 Elo
Evolution
+31
1717 → 1748
Tournaments
6
6 games
Score
3/ 650.0%
3W0D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 5
Team
Mar 20260/1#4781229-3.4
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 7
Team
Mar 20260/1#640—-5.2
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 4 Round 7
Team
Feb 20260/1#5701147-5.2
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 3
Team
Nov 20251/1#1162719+15.0
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 2
Team
Nov 20251/1#1492836+17.2
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 5 Round 1
Team
Oct 20251/1#562614+12.6

Rankings

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Kenya
#168
out of 1,173 players
Africa
#3,365
in continent
World
#93,230
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Kenya
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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2,035
6
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2,020
7
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8
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9
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10
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168🇰🇪Simons, Willy1,748
Africa
1
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2,628
2
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2,581
3
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2,502
4
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5
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2,464
6
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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,437
9
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2,425
10
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2,412
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3365🇰🇪Simons, Willy1,748
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
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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9
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93230🇰🇪Simons, Willy1,748