The National ELO rating system has been archived since July, 2026, and is available as a read-only system. Our ranking is now based on the FIDE ELO ranking.
This article contains information about the national ELO rating system.
The national ELO rating system is a ranking system for all chess players registered with the Royal Belgian Chess Federation. It is updated every 3 months (Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st and Oct 1st), based on the official games reported by tournament organizers. The national ELO rating system only processes chess games with a standard time control. (no rapid or blitz).
The last national ELO ranking list (July, 2026) is available here.
The General Assembly of 06.12.2025 approved the migration proposal of national ELO to FIDE ELO, with a target date of July 1st, 2026.
During the last board meeting (05.05.2026 meeting minutes), the RBCF board has decided on the migration timing from national ELO to FIDE ELO. Following up on the approved migration to FIDE ELO, and FIDE information about the conversion formula, the RBCF decided to shift forward the last national ELO calculation to Monday June 22nd, 2026.
If you have any questions about the national ELO rating system, please contact us via info@frbe-kbsb-ksb.be.
Steven Bellens 18.07.2026 17
Following up on our migration to FIDE ELO, we are publishing the first version of the national ELO archive. The…
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Steven Bellens 09.05.2026 12
During the last board meeting (05.05.2026 meeting minutes), the RBCF board has decided on the migration timing from national ELO…
Read more Steven Bellens 22.06.2026
Our quarterly – and final – ranking update (July) has just been published. You can find the new rankings here. We…
Read more Steven Bellens 12.12.2024 23
January 1st, our national ELO rankings get their 3-monthly update. In order for games to be processed, the tournament reports need to be submitted to ratings@frbe-kbsb-ksb.be at latest 28.12. Furthermore, the General Assembly approved important changes to the national ELO processing (from 01.01.2025 onwards).
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Bernard Malfliet
24.09.2025 - 15:47Stefan Timmermans
14.06.2025 - 12:37Ik vind op de VSF site ook geen enkele publicatie wat het kost, wanneer het gescheduled wordt en wat erbij komt kijken. We willen in onze nieuwe fusieclub een officiele wedstrijdleider maar weten niet te beginnen aan deze journey.
Kan je me de nodige info bezorgen ?
Greetz
Stefan
Ronny Liekens
16.06.2025 - 15:24Nicolas Rauta
16.12.2024 - 22:50Lors du dernier tournoi dans ce cas, j’ai fait un double encodage dans Swar à la fin du tournoi pour simplifier l’envoi, en l’ayant déclaré comme système Suisse dans Swar.
Je n’ai pas nécessairement envie de le faire après chaque ronde.
Si nous n’employons pas Swar, quel doit être le format du fichier à envoyer et à quelle adresse doit-on l’envoyer?
Steven Bellens
17.12.2024 - 08:10Nicolas Rauta
17.12.2024 - 19:26Bart Persoons
16.12.2024 - 17:442e scenario: er valt een ronde weg wegens onbeschikbaarheid van ons lokaal of planning andere activiteit -> volstaat dan een update van de tornooi gegevens in SWAR of stuur ik een email naar ratings@ ?
mvg
Bart