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Vandermeiren, Marc
🇧🇪FIDE 263893· Male· Belgium· Born in 1964
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Marc Vandermeiren, a 62-year-old Belgian player, is rated 1847 — just 10 short of his peak of 1857 (Feb 2026, age 62). He is currently in the 1800–1850 range. 13 rated games in the past year (≈3/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Oost-Vlaamse Interclub 2025-2026 - Afdeling 2 Ronde 8, Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 11, and Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 10. Also played 1 rapid event (including 11 November Senioren Toernooi 2025 Reeks 50Plus) recently. He took a 113-month break between Apr 2016 and Oct 2025.
Current rating
1847
Standard
Rpd1822·Blz—
All-time high
1857
−10 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 62
Feb 2026 · age 62
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#62,283
#62,283 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
70th Belgian 60-65 player
at age 62 · rated 1855
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1857
at age 62 · −10 from today
Feb 2026
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 60
Mar 2024
2016
Inactive for 113 months
paused at 1725 → returned at 1839
Apr 2016
2015
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 51
Mar 2015
2014
Best 12-month gain (+58 Elo)
1731 → 1789
Apr 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+12
1835 → 1847
Tournaments
12
14 games
Score
9/ 1464.3%
9W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2299 | +2.2 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #969 | 1057 | -10.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #244 | 2739 | +12.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #356 | 2409 | +3.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/2 | #51 | 1085 | -18.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #94 | 2614 | +9.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2548 | +7.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #940 | 1675 | -4.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #255 | 2528 | +6.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #683 | 1625 | -5.6 |
Worst Elo result: Oost-Vlaamse Interclub 2025-2026 - Afdeling 2 Rondes 6-7 (-18.4 Elo, finished #51).
Rankings
/
Belgium
#957
out of 3,338 players
Europe
#45,538
in continent
World
#62,282
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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