Sipke Ernst

NED Born 1979 Male FT,Grandmaster

FIDE ID: 1004689

About Sipke Ernst

Sipke Ernst was born in Damwâld in 1979 and became an international master in 1999. He won at Lichfield in 2000 and the Groningen festival in 2001, 2005 and 2006. He played for the Netherlands at the 2002 Olympiad. After becoming a grandmaster in 2007, he also joined the Dutch team at the 2009 European championship. He earned bronze in the Dutch championship in 2010, 2011 and 2014, followed by silver in 2017. FIDE awarded him its trainer title in 2018.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2550

Published FIDE

Rapid

2514

Published FIDE

Blitz

2436

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank: #304
National rank · NED: #12

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating: 2606 Jan 2012
Recorded years: 2001–2026
Archived games: 966

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Rating history

FIDE rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

#	Date	Event	Site	Round	White	Black	Result	Moves	View
1	2026-10-31	Dutch Meesterklasse 2026-2027	Netherlands	3.4	Ernst, Sipke	Tjiam, Dharma	Won: 1-0	38	Open
2	2026-10-03	Dutch League 2026-27	Netherlands NED	2.2	Ondersteijn,N	Ernst,S	Won: 0-1	53	Open
3	2026-10-03	Dutch Meesterklasse 2026-2027	Netherlands	2.2	Ondersteijn, Niels	Ernst, Sipke	Won: 0-1	53	Open
4	2026-09-19	Dutch League 2026-27	Netherlands NED	1.5	Vrolijk,Liam	Ernst,S	Lost: 1-0	42	Open
5	2026-09-19	Dutch Meesterklasse 2026-2027	Netherlands	1.4	Vrolijk, Liam	Ernst, Sipke	Lost: 1-0	42	Open
6	2026-08-23	27th Olomouc A GM 2026	Olomouc CZE	9.4	Ernst,S	Brzezina,Piotr	Won: 1-0	37	Open
7	2026-08-22	27th Olomouc A GM 2026	Olomouc CZE	8.2	Simacek,P	Ernst,S	Draw: 1/2-1/2	9	Open
8	2026-08-21	27th Olomouc A GM 2026	Olomouc CZE	7.5	Ernst,S	Efroimski,M	Won: 1-0	24	Open
9	2026-08-20	27th Olomouc A GM 2026	Olomouc CZE	6.1	Szwed,J	Ernst,S	Won: 0-1	79	Open
10	2026-08-19	27th Olomouc A GM 2026	Olomouc CZE	5.5	Delgerdalai,Bayarjavkhlan	Ernst,S	Won: 0-1	31	Open
11	2026-08-18	27th Olomouc A GM 2026	Olomouc CZE	4.2	Ernst,S	Mirzoev,A	Draw: 1/2-1/2	31	Open
12	2026-08-17	27th Olomouc A GM 2026	Olomouc CZE	3.4	Van der Lende,I	Ernst,S	Won: 0-1	37	Open
13	2026-08-17	27th Olomouc A GM 2026	Olomouc CZE	2.3	Ernst,S	Rakshitta,Ravi	Won: 1-0	48	Open
14	2026-08-16	27th Olomouc A GM 2026	Olomouc CZE	1.3	Admiraal,M	Ernst,S	Draw: 1/2-1/2	94	Open
15	2026-07-07	ch-NED KO 2026	Amsterdam NED	2.5	Vrolijk,Liam	Ernst,S	Lost: 1-0	39	Open
16	2026-07-07	ch-NED KO 2026	Amsterdam NED	2.3	Ernst,S	Vrolijk,Liam	Draw: 1/2-1/2	42	Open
17	2026-07-07	ch-NED KO 2026	Amsterdam NED	2.6	Ernst,S	Vrolijk,Liam	Lost: 0-1	24	Open
18	2026-07-07	ch-NED KO 2026	Amsterdam NED	2.2	Vrolijk,Liam	Ernst,S	Draw: 1/2-1/2	34	Open
19	2026-07-07	ch-NED KO 2026	Amsterdam NED	2.4	Vrolijk,Liam	Ernst,S	Draw: 1/2-1/2	41	Open
20	2026-07-06	ch-NED KO 2026	Amsterdam NED	2.1	Ernst,S	Vrolijk,Liam	Draw: 1/2-1/2	33	Open
21	2026-07-05	ch-NED KO 2026	Amsterdam NED	1.2	Ernst,S	De Winter,Arthur	Won: 1-0	48	Open
22	2026-07-04	ch-NED KO 2026	Amsterdam NED	1.1	De Winter,Arthur	Ernst,S	Draw: 1/2-1/2	47	Open
23	2026-04-19	TCh-BEL 2025-26	Belgium BEL	11.1	Eljanov,P	Ernst,S	Draw: 1/2-1/2	42	Open
24	2026-03-28	Dutch League 2025-26	Netherlands NED	6.3	Bosman,M	Ernst,S	Won: 0-1	90	Open
25	2026-03-07	Dutch League 2025-26	Netherlands NED	8.6	Ernst,S	Lombaers,P	Draw: 1/2-1/2	39	Open
26	2026-03-01	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	11.1	Mihok,O	Ernst,S	Won: 0-1	86	Open
27	2026-02-28	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	10.1	Ernst,S	Lutz,Ch	Draw: 1/2-1/2	25	Open
28	2026-02-08	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	9.1	Ernst,S	Meshkovs,Nikita	Won: 1-0	43	Open
29	2026-02-07	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	8.1	Fridman,D	Ernst,S	Draw: 1/2-1/2	28	Open
30	2026-02-07	Dutch League 2025-26	Netherlands NED	7.2	Zwirs,Nico	Ernst,S	Draw: 1/2-1/2	15	Open
31	2026-02-06	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	3.1	Ernst,S	Olsen,Filip Boe	Won: 1-0	37	Open
32	2026-01-18	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	7.1	Sipke Ernst	Evgeny Degtiarev	Won: 1-0	54	Open
33	2026-01-17	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	6.1	Anthony Petkidis	Sipke Ernst	Won: 0-1	40	Open
34	2025-12-13	Dutch League 2025-26	Netherlands NED	5.5	Ernst,S	Van Hesselingen,Guido	Won: 1-0	61	Open
35	2025-12-07	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	5.1	Sipke Ernst	Denis Kadric	Draw: 1/2-1/2	11	Open
36	2025-12-06	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	4.1	Collin Colbow	Sipke Ernst	Draw: 1/2-1/2	42	Open
37	2025-11-23	TCh-BEL 2025-26	Belgium BEL	4.1	Christian, Dr. Seel	Sipke Ernst	Draw: 1/2-1/2	19	Open
38	2025-11-22	Dutch League 2025-26	Netherlands NED	4.7	Rhys Arnold	Sipke Ernst	Draw: 1/2-1/2	59	Open
39	2025-11-01	Dutch League 2025-26	Netherlands NED	3.1	Sipke Ernst	Sascha Kurt	Won: 1-0	41	Open
40	2025-10-04	Dutch League 2025-26	Netherlands NED	2.4	Sipke Ernst	Joppe Raats	Won: 1-0	22	Open
41	2025-09-28	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	2.1	Pawel Teclaf	Sipke Ernst	Draw: 1/2-1/2	20	Open
42	2025-09-27	2nd Bundesliga Nord 25-26	Germany GER	1.1	Sipke Ernst	Marin Bosiocic	Lost: 0-1	46	Open
43	2025-09-20	Dutch League 2025-26	Netherlands NED	1.4	Christian Braun	Sipke Ernst	Draw: 1/2-1/2	44	Open
44	2025-07-27	11th Oviedo Open 2025	Oviedo ESP	9.1	Sipke Ernst	Salvador G. Del Rio De Angelis	Draw: 1/2-1/2	10	Open
45	2025-07-26	11th Oviedo Open 2025	Oviedo ESP	8.2	Aaron Bendayan Claros	Sipke Ernst	Won: 0-1	36	Open
46	2025-07-25	11th Oviedo Open 2025	Oviedo ESP	7.2	Marcos Llaneza Vega	Sipke Ernst	Won: 0-1	37	Open
47	2025-07-24	11th Oviedo Open 2025	Oviedo ESP	6.3	Sipke Ernst	Sebastian Felipe Sanchez	Draw: 1/2-1/2	75	Open
48	2025-07-24	11th Oviedo Open 2025	Oviedo ESP	5.3	Sipke Ernst	Ines Prado Acebo	Won: 1-0	39	Open
49	2025-07-23	11th Oviedo Open 2025	Oviedo ESP	4.1	Javier Aguera Naredo	Sipke Ernst	Draw: 1/2-1/2	43	Open
50	2025-07-22	11th Oviedo Open 2025	Oviedo ESP	3.2	Sipke Ernst	Henrique Rey Malde	Won: 1-0	60	Open

FIDE tournaments

Date	Tournament	Type	Score
2026-10-03	Dutch Team Competition 2026-2027 - Meesterklasse Round 2	Classical	1
2026-09-19	Dutch Team Competition 2026-2027 - Meesterklasse Round 1	Classical	0

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