CChessStats
Format
BP

Bierkens, Pieter

🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 2016893· Male· United States of America· Born in 1967

Follow Pieter BierkensTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

Pieter Bierkens, a 59-year-old American player, is rated 2048 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 54 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 NSWCA October Weekender, 2025 NSWCA August Weekender, and 2025 Gold Coast Open Premier Division. Also played 2 rapid events (including 2025 Burwood Saturday Rapid August) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 28 months (2008–2011), 14 months (2018–2019) and 35 months (2021–2024). His peak of 2250 was reached at age 36 (Jan 2003).

Current rating

2048

Standard

Rpd2005·Blz2062

All-time high

2250

−202 pts below
Jan 2003 · age 36

Activity

19

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 10%

#21,003 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

18 entries
2025
20th American 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 2102
Jun 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 57
Nov 2024
2022
24th American 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 2093
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2093 → returned at 2069
May 2021
2018
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2078 → returned at 2077
Feb 2018
2014
28th American 45-50 player
at age 47 · rated 2143
Aug 2014

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jonluke Corona 1,997
2025 NSWCA August Weekender · Aug 2025 · +8.3 Elo
Evolution
-54
2102 → 2048
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
14/ 2263.6%
9W10D3L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLeon Lee1,906·2025 Gold Coast Open Premier Division·R2·-14.1
2.[L]vsOliver Cheok1,913·2025 NSWCA October Weekender·R3·-13.7
3.[L]vsOladoyin Fasakin1,934·2025 NSWCA October Weekender·R5·-13.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 NSWCA October Weekender
Open Swiss
Oct 20255/7#121988-6.8
2025 NSWCA August Weekender
Open Swiss
Aug 20254.5/6#42019-3.4
2025 Gold Coast Open Premier Division
Swiss
Jul 20254.5/9#351912-44.2
Worst Elo result: 2025 Gold Coast Open Premier Division (-44.2 Elo, finished #35).

Rankings

/
United States of America
#603
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#2,179
in continent
World
#21,003
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,718
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
603🇺🇸Bierkens, Pieter2,048
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,718
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
2179🇺🇸Bierkens, Pieter2,048
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
21003🇺🇸Bierkens, Pieter2,048