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Van Malder, Dries
🇧🇪FIDE 242314· Male· Belgium· Born in 2002
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Dries Van Malder, a 24-year-old Belgian player, is rated 2205 and sitting in the top 3% of Belgian players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈26/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. His peak of 2246 was reached at age 23 (Mar 2025, Belgian #54 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #6, #4, #3 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2205
Standard
Rpd2206·Blz2123
All-time high
2246
−41 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 23
Mar 2025 · age 23
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#87 · Belgian players · of 2,977
Career timeline
16 entries2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 24
May 2026
2025
Peak Belgian rank: #54
at age 23 · rated 2246
Mar 2025
All-time peak 2246
at age 23 · −41 from today
Mar 2025
2024
Crossed 2200
at age 22
Dec 2024
2022
6th Belgian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2180
Apr 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-32
2237 → 2205
Tournaments
13
19 games
Score
11.5/ 1960.5%
7W9D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #291 | 2978 | +9.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #692 | 2136 | -2.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #1476 | 1347 | -11.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #596 | 2160 | -1.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #407 | 2783 | +4.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #758 | 2143 | -1.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #1 | 2664 | +2.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #1462 | 1337 | -12.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #577 | 2140 | -2.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #716 | 2200 | -1.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSterre DauwFM
🇧🇪BEL·2297
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsSim MaerevoetIM
🇧🇪BEL·2471
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsWarre De WaeleFM
🇧🇪BEL·2385
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2019
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vsThijs De Bock
🇧🇪BEL·2095
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2019
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Rankings
/
Belgium
#87
out of 3,338 players
Europe
#5,522
in continent
World
#7,911
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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