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Faybish, Benjamin
🇧🇪FIDE 238228· Male· Belgium· Born in 2004
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Benjamin Faybish, a 22-year-old Belgian player, is rated 2139 — just 15 short of his peak of 2154 (Jan 2026, age 22) and sitting in the top 5% of Belgian players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +33 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). 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. Also played 1 rapid (including 18th Memorial Jose & Hilda Tonoli 2025 - Belgian Rapid Championship 2025) and 9 blitz events (including Blitz Mattheys 2025) recently. He took a 26-month break between Feb 2014 and May 2016.
At junior level, he reached #7, #7, #3, #14, #12, #4 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2139
Standard
Rpd2043·Blz2073
All-time high
2154
−15 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 22
Jan 2026 · age 22
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#144 · Belgian players · of 2,977
Career timeline
23 entries2026
All-time peak 2154
at age 22 · −15 from today
Jan 2026
2025
47th Belgian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2152
Dec 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 21
Mar 2025
2023
7th Belgian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2078
Dec 2023
Re-crossed 2000
at age 19
Mar 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+33
2106 → 2139
Tournaments
19
27 games
Score
20.5/ 2775.9%
17W7D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #1491 | 1391 | -8.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #777 | 2059 | -2.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #417 | 2638 | +2.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #849 | 2137 | -0.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #833 | 1970 | -4.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #771 | 1947 | -5.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/1 | #64 | 2710 | +4.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #207 | 2822 | +6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #784 | 1988 | -4.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #77 | 2882 | +8.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNimrod Faybish
🇧🇪BEL·2141
+3 −7 =2
12 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsRoland Leemans
🇧🇪BEL·2081
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsJohannes Bertram
🇩🇪GER·1976
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsYann-Sven Rittelmeyer
🇫🇷FRA·1781
+2 −5 =1
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMaxime HauchampsFM
🇧🇪BEL·2408
+1 −5 =2
8 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
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Belgium
#144
out of 3,338 players
Europe
#8,694
in continent
World
#12,101
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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