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Pieters, Romain
🇫🇷FIDE 45174296· Male· France· Born in 1982
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Romain Pieters, a 44-year-old French player, is rated 1659. He has fluctuated between 1624 and 1690 over the past 2 years. 14 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7, Team 2026 - 60mn Novembre, and 6e Tournoi du Lille Metropole Chess - Tournoi ferme E (-2400). Also played 2 rapid events (including 3eme Rapide de Socx Loisirs) recently. His peak of 1690 was reached at age 42 (Dec 2024).
Current rating
1659
Standard
Rpd1625·Blz—
All-time high
1690
−31 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 42
Dec 2024 · age 42
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#124,873
#124,873 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
100 career games
at age 43
Feb 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+267 Elo)
1423 → 1690
Dec 2024
All-time peak 1690
at age 42 · −31 from today
Dec 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 42
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 42
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1506 → returned at 1515
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-10
1669 → 1659
Tournaments
7
14 games
Score
7.5/ 1453.6%
6W3D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #86 | 2382 | +16.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #205 | 2395 | +9.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #1407 | 1619 | -0.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #1334 | 1621 | 0.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 3/2 | #213 | 2224 | +9.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #2102 | 1001 | -5.4 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 0.5/5 | #5 | 1300 | -38.2 |
Worst Elo result: 6e Tournoi du Lille Metropole Chess - Tournoi ferme E (-2400) (-38.2 Elo, finished #5).
Rankings
/
France
#9,086
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#86,081
in continent
World
#124,867
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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