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. Show more

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

2550

Classical

Published FIDE

2514

Rapid

Published FIDE

2436

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#304
National rank · NED
#12

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

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

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

FIDE rating history

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FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-03Dutch Team Competition 2026-2027 - Meesterklasse Round 2Classical1

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (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
501 2017-07-02 ch-NED 2017 Amsterdam NED 7.2 Sipke Ernst Loek Van Wely 1/2-1/2 100 Open
502 2017-07-02 ch-NED TB 2017 Amsterdam NED 2 Loek Van Wely Sipke Ernst 1-0 47 Open
503 2017-07-02 ch-NED TB 2017 Amsterdam NED 1 Sipke Ernst Loek Van Wely 1/2-1/2 21 Open
504 2017-07-01 ch-NED 2017 Amsterdam NED 6.2 Erik Van den Doel Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 46 Open
505 2017-06-30 ch-NED 2017 Amsterdam NED 5.3 Sipke Ernst Twan Burg 1-0 33 Open
506 2017-06-29 ch-NED 2017 Amsterdam NED 4.1 Erwin L'Ami Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 59 Open
507 2017-06-28 ch-NED 2017 Amsterdam NED 3.1 Sipke Ernst Benjamin Bok 1/2-1/2 17 Open
508 2017-06-27 ch-NED 2017 Amsterdam NED 2.3 Ivan Sokolov Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 45 Open
509 2017-06-26 ch-NED 2017 Amsterdam NED 1.4 Jorden Van Foreest Sipke Ernst 0-1 33 Open
510 2017-06-05 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 6.6 Sipke Ernst Koen Leenhouts 0-1 30 Open
511 2017-06-04 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 5.1 Dries Wedda Sipke Ernst 0-1 33 Open
512 2017-06-03 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 3.5 Charlie Tang Sipke Ernst 1-0 49 Open
513 2017-06-03 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 2.6 Sipke Ernst Lars Stark 1/2-1/2 31 Open
514 2017-06-02 11th BPB Limburg Open Maastricht NED 1.6 Klaus Rybarczyk Sipke Ernst 0-1 58 Open
515 2017-05-28 Groninger Combinatie Open Groningen NED 7.1 Nick Maatman Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 7 Open
516 2017-05-28 Groninger Combinatie Open Groningen NED 6.2 Sipke Ernst Jan Balje 1-0 27 Open
517 2017-05-27 Groninger Combinatie Open Groningen NED 5.3 Sipke Ernst Bastiaan Dessing 1-0 75 Open
518 2017-05-27 Groninger Combinatie Open Groningen NED 4.2 Adrian Clemens Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 55 Open
519 2017-05-26 Groninger Combinatie Open Groningen NED 3.5 Sipke Ernst Joop Hummel 1-0 30 Open
520 2017-05-06 Dutch League 2016-17 Netherlands NED 9.1 Loek Van Wely Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 44 Open
521 2017-04-30 TCh-BEL 2016-17 Belgium BEL 11.2 Sipke Ernst Pieter Hopman 1/2-1/2 22 Open
522 2017-04-09 Bundesliga 2016-17 Bremen GER 12.8 Sipke Ernst Roven Vogel 0-1 56 Open
523 2017-04-08 Bundesliga 2016-17 Bremen GER 11.7 Anthony Wirig Sipke Ernst 1-0 41 Open
524 2017-04-01 Dutch League 2016-17 Netherlands NED 8.2 Jeroen Bosch Sipke Ernst 0-1 35 Open
525 2017-03-26 TCh-BEL 2016-17 Belgium BEL 10.2 Thomas Fiebig Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 27 Open
526 2017-02-19 Bundesliga 2016-17 Munich GER 8.2 Sipke Ernst Robert Zysk 0-1 40 Open
527 2017-02-18 Bundesliga 2016-17 Munich GER 7.2 Linus Johansson Sipke Ernst 1-0 49 Open
528 2017-02-12 TCh-BEL 2016-17 Belgium BEL 7.2 Sipke Ernst Xander Wemmers 1-0 31 Open
529 2017-02-04 Dutch League 2016-17 Netherlands NED 6.4 Dimitri Reinderman Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 55 Open
530 2017-01-29 TCh-BEL 2016-17 Belgium BEL 6.2 Daniyal Saiboulatov Sipke Ernst 1-0 47 Open
531 2016-12-30 54th Groningen Open 2016 Groningen NED 9.2 Jinshi Bai Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 17 Open
532 2016-12-29 54th Groningen Open 2016 Groningen NED 8.3 Sipke Ernst Guanchu Liu 1-0 22 Open
533 2016-12-28 54th Groningen Open 2016 Groningen NED 7.5 Lucas Van Foreest Sipke Ernst 0-1 39 Open
534 2016-12-27 54th Groningen Open 2016 Groningen NED 6.6 Sipke Ernst Nico Zwirs 1-0 36 Open
535 2016-12-21 54th Groningen Open 2016 Groningen NED 1.4 Mary Ann Gomes Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 70 Open
536 2016-12-17 Dutch League 2016-17 Netherlands NED 5.4 Sipke Ernst Jasper Reichardt 1-0 39 Open
537 2016-12-04 Bundesliga 2016-17 Aachen GER 6.2 Sipke Ernst Martijn Dambacher 1/2-1/2 46 Open
538 2016-12-03 Bundesliga 2016-17 Aachen GER 5.2 Pawel Jaracz Sipke Ernst 0-1 29 Open
539 2016-11-26 Dutch League 2016-17 Netherlands NED 4.3 Sipke Ernst Helmut Cardon 1-0 41 Open
540 2016-11-20 Bundesliga 2016-17 Bremen GER 4.7 Borki Predojevic Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 23 Open
541 2016-11-19 Bundesliga 2016-17 Bremen GER 3.8 Sipke Ernst 4101685 1-0 117 Open
542 2016-11-10 Serbian Open 2016 Novi Sad SRB 6.5 Miroljub Lazic Sipke Ernst 1-0 65 Open
543 2016-11-09 Serbian Open 2016 Novi Sad SRB 5.2 Sipke Ernst Alexander Zubov 1/2-1/2 39 Open
544 2016-11-08 Serbian Open 2016 Novi Sad SRB 4.4 Toms Kantans Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 59 Open
545 2016-11-07 Serbian Open 2016 Novi Sad SRB 3.4 Sipke Ernst Gojko Laketic 1-0 59 Open
546 2016-11-07 Serbian Open 2016 Novi Sad SRB 2.5 Anna Kantane Sipke Ernst 0-1 15 Open
547 2016-11-06 Serbian Open 2016 Novi Sad SRB 1.6 Sipke Ernst Mirko Kokeza 1-0 22 Open
548 2016-10-22 20th Hoogeveen Open 2016 Hoogeveen NED 9.5 Rakesh Kumar Jena Sipke Ernst 1/2-1/2 74 Open
549 2016-10-21 20th Hoogeveen Open 2016 Hoogeveen NED 8.6 Sipke Ernst Stefan Colijn 1-0 32 Open
550 2016-10-20 20th Hoogeveen Open 2016 Hoogeveen NED 7.2 Lalit Babu M R Sipke Ernst 1-0 67 Open