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Swijsen, Lars
🇧🇪FIDE 211800· Male· Belgium· Born in 1995
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Lars Swijsen, a 31-year-old Belgian player, is rated 2204 — just 5 short of his peak of 2209 (Nov 2022, age 27) and sitting in the top 3% of Belgian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +62 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 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 had 2 career breaks: 40 months (2015–2018) and 12 months (2018–2019). He reached Belgian #80 in Sep 2022.
At junior level, he reached #3, #3, #7 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2204
Standard
Rpd2177·Blz2156
All-time high
2209
−5 pts below
Nov 2022 · age 27
Nov 2022 · age 27
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#88 · Belgian players · of 2,977
Career timeline
19 entries2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 31
May 2026
2024
6-month rising streak
+29 Elo
Feb 2024
2022
All-time peak 2209
at age 27 · −5 from today
Nov 2022
Peak Belgian rank: #80
at age 27 · rated 2203
Sep 2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 27
Jun 2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 27
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+42
2162 → 2204
Tournaments
11
11 games
Score
9.5/ 1186.4%
8W3D0L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #50 | 2897 | +7.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #229 | 2982 | +10.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #524 | 2877 | +7.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #315 | 2843 | +6.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #441 | 2764 | +4.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #67 | 2023 | -4.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #808 | 2193 | +0.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #27 | 2836 | +6.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #420 | 2751 | +4.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #346 | 2608 | +2.2 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsKris Theunissen
🇧🇪BEL·2037
+2 −1 =3
6 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsRoel HamblokFM
🇧🇪BEL·2211
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsYordi Schaeken
🇧🇪BEL·2124
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Sep 2014
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vsJoris Verhelst
🇧🇪BEL·2067
+2 −0 =3
5 games·last met Jul 2013
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Rankings
/
Belgium
#88
out of 3,338 players
Europe
#5,564
in continent
World
#7,969
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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