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Knotter, Melanie

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FIDEFIDE 253758· Female· Netherlands· Born in 1997

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Melanie Knotter, a 29-year-old Dutch player, is rated 1538 — just 29 short of her peak of 1567 (Jul 2025, age 28). She has fluctuated between 1503 and 1567 over the past 2 years. 20 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Dutch Team Competition - klasse 6 Round 6, Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Dagvierkampen, and 36ste Open van Leuven - Reeks B.

Competes for Netherlands since Nov 2025.

Current rating

1538

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1567

−29 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 28

Activity

22

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#170,026

#170,026 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

6 entries
2025
Switched federation: BEL → NED
at age 28
Nov 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 28
Jul 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 28
Jul 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 28
Jul 2025
All-time peak 1567
at age 28 · −29 from today
Jul 2025
First FIDE rating
1567 · at age 28
Jul 2025

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
36ste Open van Leuven - Reeks B
perf 1713 (+148) · 3/5 · #80
Top opponent
vs Peter C Wood 1,692
2025 British Championship: PM Under 1750 · Aug 2025 · +9.9 Elo
Evolution
-29
1567 → 1538
Tournaments
6
24 games
Score
5.5/ 2422.9%
8W3D13L

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 6 Round 6
Team
Feb 20260/1#441875-13.2
Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Dagvierkampen
Round-Robin
Jan 20260.5/2#2581424-14.4
36ste Open van Leuven - Reeks B
Open Swiss
Nov 20253/5#801713+55.2
Dutch Team Competition - klasse 6 Round 2
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#1721622+6.4
2025 British Championship: PM Under 1750
Open Swiss
Aug 20250.5/5#711245-63.6
Worst Elo result: 2025 British Championship: PM Under 1750 (-63.6 Elo, finished #71).

Rankings

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Netherlands
#4,585
out of 4,901 players
Europe
#109,832
in continent
World
#169,994
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Netherlands
1
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2,767
2
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2,735
3
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2,625
4
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2,592
5
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2,589
6
🇳🇱Reinderman, DimitriFollow Dimitri ReindermanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,574
7
🇳🇱Sokolov, IvanFollow Ivan SokolovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,567
8
🇳🇱Smeets, JanFollow Jan SmeetsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,564
9
🇳🇱Bok, BenjaminFollow Benjamin BokTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,560
10
🇳🇱Van den Doel, ErikFollow Erik Van den DoelTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,549
...
4585🇳🇱Knotter, Melanie1,538
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
109832🇳🇱Knotter, Melanie1,538
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
169994🇳🇱Knotter, Melanie1,538