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Pauwels, Xander
🇧🇪FIDE 235709· Male· Belgium· Born in 2000
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Xander Pauwels, a 26-year-old Belgian player, is rated 2158 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of Belgian players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 46 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Oost-Vlaamse Interclub 2025-2026 - Afdeling 1 Ronde 8, Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 11, and Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 10. Also played 1 rapid (including 7th BMCC Rapid Tournament Bosgenot 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 1st 't Ros Dendermonde Summerblitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #7, #3, #3 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2158
Standard
Rpd2130·Blz2205
All-time high
2158
at best
May 2026 · age 26
May 2026 · age 26
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
46 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#123 · Belgian players · of 2,977
Career timeline
17 entries2026
47th Belgian 20-35 player
at age 26 · rated 2158
May 2026
All-time peak 2158
at age 26
May 2026
6-month rising streak
+45 Elo
May 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 24
Sep 2024
2020
7th Belgian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2064
Oct 2020
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2064 → returned at 2057
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+29
2129 → 2158
Tournaments
19
61 games
Score
44.5/ 6173.0%
38W15D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Jun 2026 | 12/14 | #1 | 2169 | +12.0 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #17 | 2181 | +0.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #170 | 2618 | +2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #146 | 2569 | +2.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #447 | 2548 | +1.8 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2756 | +11.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #220 | 2659 | +3.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #311 | 2561 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/7 | #66 | 2190 | +13.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #9 | 2647 | +3.6 |
Hot streak: 13 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsWilliam BoudryFM
🇧🇪BEL·2289
+3 −3 =4
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsTamer Ismail
🇧🇪BEL·2176
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsSim MaerevoetIM
🇧🇪BEL·2471
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsQuinten Ramacker
🇧🇪BEL·2101
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsSterre DauwFM
🇧🇪BEL·2297
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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Rankings
/
Belgium
#123
out of 3,338 players
Europe
#7,632
in continent
World
#10,700
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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