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van den Brink, Nienke

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FIDEFIDE 1452568· Female· Denmark· Born in 2004

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Nienke Van Den Brink, a 22-year-old Danish player, is rated 2012 — just 15 short of her peak of 2027 (Nov 2025, age 21). She is progressing steadily with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 87 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kronborg Chess Open 2026 - WIM, Hillerod Skakklub Klubmesterskab 2026 - 1 Round 6-7, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open.

At junior level, she reached #8, #8, #8, #3 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2012

Standard

Rpd1907·Blz—

All-time high

2027

−15 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 21

Activity

50

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

82 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#25,678

#25,678 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries
2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 22
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 22
Apr 2026
2025
47th Danish 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2027
Nov 2025
Crossed 2000
at age 21
Nov 2025
All-time peak 2027
at age 21 · −15 from today
Nov 2025
2024
8th Danish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1985
Dec 2024

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
Kvinde DM 2025
perf 2172 (+145) · 3.5/5 · #2
Top opponent
vs Christopher Hofman Laursen 2,222
Hillerod Open 2026 - A · Mar 2026 · +5.3 Elo
Evolution
+51
1961 → 2012
Tournaments
19
82 games
Score
40/ 8248.8%
26W28D28L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMattheo Gabriel Junge1,901·6. KOGE OPEN 2025 - 4·R4·-11.9
2.[L]vsThomas Mueller1,951·grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open·R8·-11.3
3.[L]vsNathan Preman1,941·6. KOGE OPEN 2025 - 4·R2·-10.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

19 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Kronborg Chess Open 2026 - WIM
Round-Robin
May 20263.5/9#72086+17.2
Hillerod Skakklub Klubmesterskab 2026 - 1 Round 6-7
Round-Robin
Apr 20261.5/2#32198+9.4
grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20262.5/9#8841894-29.6
Hillerod Open 2026 - A
Swiss
Mar 20261.5/4#232085+9.6
Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 March
Team
Mar 20260.5/2#2821870-5.6
Hillerod Skakklub Klubmesterskab 2026 - 1 Round 3-5
Round-Robin
Feb 20264/4#12676+31.0
Kvinde-DM 2026
Swiss
Feb 20264.5/8#92007+10.6
8HK Team 2025-26 Jan-Feb
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#1142111+3.0
Danish Team Ch. 2025-26 Jan-Feb
Team
Jan 20261/1#2432698+7.2
Nordsjaelland Weekend EMT 2026 - 2
Swiss
Jan 20261.5/5#151899-13.8
Worst Elo result: grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open (-29.6 Elo, finished #884).

Most-Played Opponents

vsAnna Sofie LiWFM
🇩🇰DEN·2116
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsSofie Bech DurrfeldWFM
🇩🇰DEN·1992
+3 −0 =2
5 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsBjorn Olsen
🇩🇰DEN·1848
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Jan 2019
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Denmark
#439
out of 2,627 players
Europe
#18,965
in continent
World
#25,678
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Denmark
1
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2
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3
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2,590
4
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2,579
5
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2,559
6
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2,520
7
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2,490
8
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2,482
9
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2,478
10
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2,475
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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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
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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