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Van Baaren, Matthias

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FIDEFIDE 1651390· Male· Austria· Born in 1977

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Matthias Van Baaren, a 49-year-old Austrian player, is rated 1709 — just 19 short of his peak of 1728 (Jun 2024, age 47). He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 2 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearance: 17. Salzkammergut Schachopen 2025 Group B. He had 3 career breaks: 26 months (2017–2019), 33 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2024–2025).

Current rating

1709

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1728

−19 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 47

Activity

3

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

#106,659

#106,659 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2024
All-time peak 1728
at age 47 · −19 from today
Jun 2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1728 → returned at 1726
Jun 2024
Best 12-month gain (+184 Elo)
1534 → 1718
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 47
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1549 → returned at 1534
Sep 2019
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 40
Jun 2017

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Claudio Rojik 1,905
17. Salzkammergut Schachopen 2025 Group B · Jun 2025 · +4.7 Elo
Evolution
-17
1726 → 1709
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
3/ 1030.0%
2W2D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Salzkammergut Schachopen 2026 Group C
Open Swiss
May 20261.5/5#511601-17.2
17. Salzkammergut Schachopen 2025 Group B
Open Swiss
Jun 20251.5/5#351720-1.8
Worst Elo result: Salzkammergut Schachopen 2026 Group C (-17.2 Elo, finished #51).

Rankings

/
Austria
#2,396
out of 3,405 players
Europe
#75,154
in continent
World
#106,656
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Austria
1
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3
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2,563
4
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2,548
5
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2,544
6
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2,507
7
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2,499
8
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2,496
9
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2,495
10
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2,457
...
2396🇦🇹Van Baaren, Matthias1,709
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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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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75154🇦🇹Van Baaren, Matthias1,709
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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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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2,753
9
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2,753
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106656🇦🇹Van Baaren, Matthias1,709