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De Waele, Warre
FM🇧🇪FIDE 241156· Male· Belgium· Born in 2002
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Warre De Waele, a 24-year-old Belgian FIDE Master, is rated 2378 — his current career high and ranked 13th among Belgian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +46 Elo over the past 12 months. 69 rated games in the past year (≈53/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. Also played 1 rapid (including 4e Memorial Ronald Decrop 2025 - Rapide FEFB) and 1 blitz events (including 10de Memorial Debast 2025) recently. He reached Belgian #13 in Apr 2026.
Awarded FM in 2017 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #86 in U16 and #2, #1 and #2 nationally in U20, U18 and U14.
Current rating
2378
Standard
Rpd2326·Blz2254
All-time high
2378
at best
May 2026 · age 24
May 2026 · age 24
Activity
47
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
69 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#13
#13 · Belgian players · of 2,958
Career timeline
19 entries2026
All-time peak 2378
at age 24
May 2026
6-month rising streak
+39 Elo
May 2026
Peak Belgian rank: #13
at age 24 · rated 2376
Apr 2026
2024
500 career games
at age 22
Aug 2024
2022
2nd Belgian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2300
Dec 2022
Re-crossed 2300
at age 20
Dec 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+46
2332 → 2378
Tournaments
25
76 games
Score
49/ 7664.5%
43W23D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
20 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #400 | 3244 | +11.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #67 | 1572 | -10.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #555 | 2217 | -4.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #5 | 2901 | +3.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #852 | 2290 | -2.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #60 | 2282 | -2.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2858 | +8.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #439 | 3132 | +9.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #898 | 2475 | +3.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #6 | 3083 | +8.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSterre DauwFM
🇧🇪BEL·2277
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met May 2026
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vsSim MaerevoetIM
🇧🇪BEL·2456
+1 −4 =3
8 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsDavid Roos
🇧🇪BEL·2173
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsAlexandre DgebuadzeGM
🇧🇪BEL·2384
+1 −2 =3
6 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsDries Van Malder
🇧🇪BEL·2205
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2019
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Rankings
/
Belgium
#13
out of 3,309 players
Europe
#1,322
in continent
World
#2,077
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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