Steven Bellens 01.01.2026 4
Our quarterly ranking update (January) has just been published. You can find the new rankings here. We have processed 10 839…
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Steven Bellens 23.12.2025 36
Getting started with FIDE ELO reporting. This article has been updated to reflect the changes included in the voted proposal to migrate to FIDE ELO. The proposal has been approved on the General Assembly meeting of 06.12.2025
Read more Steven Bellens 18.12.2025
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 of 06.12.2025 approved the migration proposal of national ELO to FIDE ELO, with a target date of July 1st, 2026.
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Steven Bellens 14.12.2025 1
14.12.2025 This article has been updated to reflect the changes included in the voted proposal to migrate to FIDE ELO. The proposal has been approved on the General Assembly meeting of 06.12.2025
Read moreBernard Malfliet 04.10.2025
Version 1.31.04 is available on the website. This version allows to process ELO for club tournaments according to the new…
Read more 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…
Read more Steven Bellens 08.09.2025
October 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 28.09. Furthermore, the General Assembly approved important changes to the national ELO processing (from 01.01.2025 onwards).
Read more Steven Bellens 01.07.2025
Our quarterly ranking update (July) has just been published. You can find the new rankings here. We have processed 9 305…
Read more Steven Bellens 09.06.2025
July 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 28.06. Furthermore, the General Assembly approved important changes to the national ELO processing (from 01.01.2025 onwards).
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Steven Bellens 02.04.2025 1
Our quarterly ranking update (April) has just been published. You can find the new rankings here.
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April 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 28.03. Furthermore, the General Assembly approved important changes to the national ELO processing (from 01.01.2025 onwards).
Read more Steven Bellens 03.01.2025 11
Our quarterly ranking update (January) has just been published. You can find the new rankings here. The General Assembly approved important changes in the way national ELO reporting needs to be carried out.
Read more Steven Bellens 26.12.2024 1
Your Player Manager is busy on the FIDE world Rapid & Blitz Championship in New York. We expect a slight delay in the publication of the new ELO rankings for beginning of 2025. You can expect an updated ranking list by January 3rd.
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).
Read more Steven Bellens 19.09.2024
October 1st, our national 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 27.09
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Steven Bellens 12.08.2024 12
In our April survey, a majority of respondents indicated their preference of moving towards a unified global rating system (FIDE). This is the second of four articles explaining the FIDE ELO cost structure.
Read more Steven Bellens 30.07.2024 2
In our April survey, a majority of respondents indicated their preference of moving towards a unified global rating system (FIDE). In order to have a good understanding of both systems, we are launching this series of articles. This is the first of four articles explaining the differences between FIDE ELO and national ELO.
Read more This page explains the differences between the international FIDE rating system and our own national ELO calculation system. It also looks at our neighbouring countries, and summarizing information about their systems and way of working.
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