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Paes, Martijn
🇧🇪FIDE 251500· Male· Belgium· Born in 2006
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Martijn Paes, a 20-year-old Belgian player, is rated 2074 — his current career high and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +42 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 8, Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 4, and 36ste Open van Leuven - Reeks A.
At junior level, he reached #12, #8, #7, #7 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2074
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1864
All-time high
2074
at best
Apr 2026 · age 20
Apr 2026 · age 20
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#17,958 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 2074
at age 20
Apr 2026
2025
12th Belgian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2055
Dec 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
8th Belgian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2030
Feb 2024
2023
Crossed 2000
at age 17
Dec 2023
2022
7th Belgian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1944
Jul 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
42. Offenes Internationales Schachturnier Muenchen A-Turnierperf 2126 (+76) · 4.5/7 · #27
Top opponent
Evolution
+42
2032 → 2074
Tournaments
4
16 games
Score
10/ 1662.5%
9W2D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #335 | 2881 | +10.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #493 | 2777 | +8.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/7 | #67 | 2083 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/7 | #27 | 2126 | +18.2 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
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Belgium
#222
out of 3,309 players
Europe
#13,132
in continent
World
#17,958
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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