National ELO – October rankings available

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Steven Bellens 01.10.2025

Our quarterly ranking update (October) has just been published. You can find the new rankings here. We have processed 8 259 games from 120 different tournament reports.

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Where can I see calculation details?

Navigate to your own ranking chart, and click on ‘Fiche Individuelle’ / ‘Individuele Fiche’. Here you see an overview of all games taken into account for your new ranking calculation, as well as your K-factor and the resulting ELO difference.

Help, something is wrong in the calculation?

Check your detailed calculations first. Should there by any games missing, check if they appear in the ELO checklist. If not, you should direct yourself to the tournament organizer. He/she might not have submitted these games for processing (yet).

Otherwise, reach out through ratings@frbe-kbsb-ksb.be. Add sufficient detail to your request: player name, description of the error, date of game(s) played.

The national ELO system get’s updated quarterly. In order to avoid corrections after publication, a ELO checklist is available for all organizers and players. This checklist serves to verify the games submitted for processing, before the next ranking update. Organizers receive an official confirmation of reception and processing of their tournament report, with the request to verify the processed games and signal any errors at least 3 days before the next quarterly update.

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FIDE ELO – reporting requirements (3/4)

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Steven Bellens 23.12.2025 36

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Steven Bellens 18.12.2025 2

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