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Ponnet, Hendrik
FM🇧🇪FIDE 206016· Male· Belgium· Born in 1989
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Hendrik Ponnet, a 37-year-old Belgian FIDE Master, is rated 2295 — just 30 short of his peak of 2325 (May 2025, age 36) and ranked 40th among Belgian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has slipped back 30 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 11, Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 10, and Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 9. He reached Belgian #26 in May 2025.
Awarded FM in 2019 (age 30). At junior level, he reached #12, #4 and #3 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2295
Standard
Rpd2234·Blz—
All-time high
2325
−30 pts below
May 2025 · age 36
May 2025 · age 36
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#40
#40 · Belgian players · of 2,977
Career timeline
14 entries2025
Peak Belgian rank: #26
at age 36 · rated 2325
May 2025
All-time peak 2325
at age 36 · −30 from today
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 35
Nov 2024
2019
FM title awardedFM
at age 30
Mar 2019
Crossed 2300
at age 30
Jan 2019
2012
Crossed 2200
at age 23
May 2012
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-30
2325 → 2295
Tournaments
11
11 games
Score
4/ 1136.4%
2W4D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #385 | 3115 | +10.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #365 | 2913 | +5.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #834 | 2296 | +0.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #869 | 2072 | -5.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #743 | 2235 | -1.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #1243 | 1474 | -10.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #1170 | 1675 | -5.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #1328 | 1634 | -6.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #1495 | 1509 | -10.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #1220 | 1641 | -6.8 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Belgium
#40
out of 3,338 players
Europe
#2,870
in continent
World
#4,278
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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