Raats, Joppe

Joppe Raats, a 21-year-old Belgian player, is rated 2202 and sitting in the top 3% of Belgian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has slipped back 40 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈45/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 11, Dutch Team Competition - Meesterklasse Round 9, and Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 10. His peak of 2276 was reached at age 18 (Jun 2023); he also reached Belgian #42 in Sep 2023.

At junior level, he reached #2, #2, #6, #2, #2 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.