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Melaerts, Vincent
🇧🇪FIDE 285242· Male· Belgium· Born in 2009
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Vincent Melaerts, a 17-year-old Belgian player, is rated 1875 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and took a 12-month break between Sep 2024 and Oct 2025. Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 10, Zilveren Toren 2026 Reeks 1 Ronde 9, and Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 9.
At junior level, he reached #31, #13 and #9 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1875
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1875
at best
Apr 2026 · age 17
Apr 2026 · age 17
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#54,478
#54,478 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
31st Belgian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1875
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1875
at age 17
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Jan 2026
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1795 → returned at 1781
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+114 Elo)
1732 → 1846
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+80
1795 → 1875
Tournaments
7
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
3W2D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #882 | 1999 | +8.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #26 | 2079 | +12.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #361 | 2655 | +21.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #217 | 3043 | +36.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #94 | 2690 | +26.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #1484 | 1126 | -12.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #1119 | 1112 | -13.6 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
Belgium
#809
out of 3,338 players
Europe
#39,996
in continent
World
#54,477
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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