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Sondermeijer, Damien

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FIDEFIDE 45166269· Male· France· Born in 2007

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Damien Sondermeijer, a 19-year-old French player, is rated 2145 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of French players under 20, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +38 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - IDF Avril, Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, and Team 2026 - Coupe de France 3e tour. Also played 4 rapid (including Internationaux RnB Paris IDF 2026 Parties Rapides) and 2 blitz events (including Les Internationaux de France Blitz 2025) recently.

At junior level, he reached #31, #37, #31, #47, #54 and #45 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

2145

Standard

Rpd2031·Blz1891

All-time high

2145

at best
Jan 2026 · age 19

Activity

29

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 5%

#29 · French players under 20 · of 564

Career timeline

15 entries
2026
31st French U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2145
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2145
at age 19
Jan 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
37th French U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2128
Jul 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 18
May 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 18
Mar 2025

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Olivier RenetGM 2,408
Team 2026 - Coupe de France 3e tour · Dec 2025 · +6.4 Elo
Evolution
+17
2128 → 2145
Tournaments
9
19 games
Score
12.5/ 1965.8%
10W5D4L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsValentin Bornhofen2,011·Championnat de Paris 2025 Open A·R9·-26.1
2.[L]vsHerve DaurelleFM2,021·Team 2026 - IDF Octobre·R2·-25.0
3.[L]vsZechen YuFM2,115·Championnat de Paris 2025 Open A·R6·-20.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team 2026 - IDF Avril
Team
Apr 20260.5/1#4762213+2.0
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9
Team
Mar 20261/1#8582701+4.0
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r6
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#6531919-5.8
Team 2026 - Coupe de France 3e tour
Team
Dec 20250.5/1#1542408+14.0
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r3-4
Team
Dec 20251/1#8022922+20.8
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r1
Team
Oct 20251/1#1832838+15.6
Team 2026 - IDF Octobre
Team
Oct 20250/1#4431221-25.6
Championnat de Paris 2025 Open A
Open Swiss
Jul 20255/9#332078-22.8
1er Open FIDE de Guyancourt - Tournoi A (-2400)
Open Swiss
Jul 20253/2#42674+15.2
Worst Elo result: Team 2026 - IDF Octobre (-25.6 Elo, finished #443).

Most-Played Opponents

vsChristophe Maurel
🇫🇷FRA·1836
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsPaul Liu
🇫🇷FRA·2136
+1 −1 =3
5 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsQuentin Honore
🇫🇷FRA·1894
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2023
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Rankings

/
France
#601
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#8,337
in continent
World
#11,628
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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France
1
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3
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2,626
4
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2,615
4
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2,615
6
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2,613
7
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2,610
8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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6
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7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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8337🇫🇷Sondermeijer, Damien2,145
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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