Origin

The DAN system was established to add an extra competitive element to our competitions. It is loosely based on the DAN system of the Japanese Othello Association, but uses a different method. In Japan, tournament performances are taken into account, whereas in Belgium every game counts.

DAN-ranking

All Belgian tournaments since 1992, played on Belgian soil have been taken into account to calculate the DAN ranking. The latest update occured after the Marche-en-Famenne Othello Open (July 2026). Tom Schotte (since Ghent Easter Tournament - March 2016) is the only player who has 7 DAN. There are twelve 6 DAN players. Since 1992 no less than 558 different players competed Belgian tournaments.

How to calculate?

A progressive system is used: a player earns DAN points when he or she wins a game against someone of the same or a higher rank. For each DAN rank, more points are required to advance to the next DAN rank.
Current DAN Next DAN Required points
0 1 1
1 2 1
2 3 4
3 4 9
4 5 16
5 6 25
6 7 36
7 8 49

Players Country DAN
SCHOTTE Tom BEL 7
REUNES Nick BEL 6.26
VAN DEN BIGGELAAR Nicky NLD 6.2
HOBO Roel NLD 6.15
DE GRAAF Jan C. NLD 6.14
VAES Dimitri BEL 6.14
KORTENDIJK Albert NLD 6.1
VAN DAMME Brecht BEL 6.06
FRANSEN Martin NLD 6.06
REIJNDERS Ralph NLD 6.04
KASHIWABARA Takuji FRA 6.02
DE BOER Rosalinde NLD 6.01
PEPERKAMP Marcel BEL 6.01
DE WAEL Jeroen BEL 6.01
SNEEK Marcel NLD 5.19
MAY Michael BEL 5.18
TASTET Marc FRA 5.18
PRASEPTYO Linda NLD 5.18
HELMES Sido NLD 5.16
CORDY Alexandre FRA 5.14
VIVIANI Alberto ITA 5.11
LEADER Imre GBR 5.11
HELMES Jiska NLD 5.08
DARCK Nancy BEL 5.07
THIJS Wouter BEL 5.07
DE MOOR Nadja BEL 5.06
BERG Matthias DEU 5.06
LEVY-ABEGNOLI Thierry FRA 5.05
DOLEZAL Vladislav CZE 5.05
DAIX Alain BEL 5.04
ANDRIANI Bintsa FRA 5.04
DE BOER Akke-lien NLD 5.04
ALARD Serge BEL 5.03
VAN DE MOORTEL Frauke BEL 5.03
KIATNARONGROB Dispong THA 5.02
NICOLET Stephane FRA 5.02
CASPARD Emmanuel FRA 5.02
TURNER Ian GBR 5.02
VAN DEN BERG Erwin NLD 5.01
LECAT Renaud BEL 5
SHAMAN David USA 5
BRIGHTWELL Graham GBR 5
DELAUNAY Arnaud FRA 5
DUFOUR Daniel NLD 5
SCHOTTE Wout BEL 5
VAN DAMME Jan BEL 4.12
NICHOLLS Frederic BEL 4.12
BARRE Sebastien FRA 4.12
DEMOOR Daphne BEL 4.11
PENLOUP Dominique FRA 4.11
DELFANTE Eric BEL 4.11
ORTEGAT Virginie BEL 4.1
AUZENDE Frederic FRA 4.1
STEENTOFT Benkt SWE 4.09
KRACZYK Roman POL 4.09
VUYE Cedric BEL 4.09
HERBEUVAL Olivier BEL 4.08
JENA Tuur BEL 4.08
SUEKUNI Makoto JAP 4.07
DUFOUR Mark NLD 4.07
WETTERGREN Niklas SWE 4.07
HOEHNE Andreas DEU 4.07
VERSTUYFT Bart BEL 4.06
VERSTUYFT Jana BEL 4.06
MARGARIT Eric FRA 4.06
SCHOTTE Sander BEL 4.06
BURNAY Dimitri BEL 4.06
BORASSI Michele ITA 4.05
POLIAKOFF Pierre BEL 4.05
BERNER Johan SWE 4.05
VAN LANGENDONCKT Michel BEL 4.04
AUBROECK Patrick NLD 4.04
AFFATIGATO Carlo ITA 4.03
DOIGNIE Fabrice BEL 4.03
ORTIZ George AUS 4.03
MARCONI Francesco ITA 4.03
JUIGNER Arthur FRA 4.03
VERSTUYFT Eline BEL 4.02
VAN DE ZANDE Josbert NLD 4.02
HOETJES Tim NLD 4.02
LUND JENSEN Erik DK 4.02
MONNOM Olivier BEL 4.02
DOUSSE Stephane CH 4.02
CANTAMESSA Alessandro BEL 4.02
FELDBORG Karsten DK 4.02
HIDAYAT Romy RI 4.02
VOLVERT Romain BEL 4.01
RINE Pat BEL 4.01
VORACEK Miroslav CZE 4.01
TAKANASHI Yusuke JAP 4.01
PECZKOWSKI Pawel POL 4.01
ANDRIANI Sandry FRA 4.01
LECAT Monique BEL 4.01
STANZIONE Pierluigi ITA 4.01
EKLUND Oskar SWE 4
ROERADE Jeroen NLD 4
HOOGHE Mieke BEL 4
QUAZZO Claude FRA 4
KJELLBERG Arvid SWE 3.8
ODEGARD Martin NOR 3.8
JULIEN Serge BEL 3.8
BURNAY Sacha BEL 3.7
WU Katie HKG 3.7
DELFANTE Christophe BEL 3.7
VAN GIMST Anja NLD 3.7
TAKAHASHI Akihiro JPN 3.7
SCHOTTE Bram BEL 3.7
PUZZO Luigi ITA 3.7
DE GREY Aubrey GBR 3.7
DUFOUR Noa NLD 3.6
HUBBARD Geoff AUS 3.6
BLIJLEVEN Mireille NLD 3.6
TOMEI Robin NLD 3.6
ROSSLER Daniel DEU 3.6
AUNCHULEE Piyanat THA 3.6
SZYSZKO Lukasz POL 3.6
VALLUND Henrik DK 3.6
TASTET Remi FRA 3.6
VAN LANDEGHEM Karen BEL 3.6
DE LIT Pierre BEL 3.5
CAGLEY Leslie USA 3.5
PIHLAJAPURO Lari FIN 3.5
ROGOSZ Magdalena POL 3.5
ILBRINK Jarl NLD 3.5
MODELLATORE Tonya DEU 3.5
VAN SEGGELEN Trees NLD 3.5
TERRAS Eva BEL 3.5
FRONMARK Marcus SWE 3.5
DEVRIENDT Ferre BEL 3.5
CHIARULLI Giuseppe ITA 3.5
DE GRAAF Corrie NLD 3.4
MAMYTCHINKO Alexei BEL 3.4
DEBRAY Dominique BEL 3.4
HANDEL Michael GBR 3.4
AAGAARD-HANSEN Jens DK 3.4
HORN Per DK 3.4
DE GRAAF Wendy NLD 3.4
JOHNSON Greg USA 3.4
DAUBA Cedric FRA 3.4
CLAASSEN Mathijs NLD 3.3
LEMAIRE Philippe BEL 3.3
ROOS Stan BEL 3.3
HAND David GBR 3.3
PIAU Didier FRA 3.3
URASHIMA Mei JAP 3.3
VAN DIJK Marieke NLD 3.3
FU Jacky HKG 3.3
SHIFMAN Ilya ISR 3.3
FLOCKMAN Annie BEL 3.3
EVERTS Jeroen SWE 3.3
CUPIAL Milosz POL 3.3
MEIJER Arnoud NLD 3.3
LI Chun Wan HKG 3.3
SUGAWARA Misa JPN 3.3
ALBRIGTSEN Vidar NOR 3.3
BUCCOLIERO Fabio ITA 3.3
TAKIZAWA Masaki JAP 3.2
LANG Yongzhi CHN 3.2
FUKUNAGA Kohachi JPN 3.2
LEONG Kit Chee SGP 3.2
VAN DAMME Frank Ivo BEL 3.2
KURITA Seiya JPN 3.2
DEMOOR Myrthe BEL 3.2
SCHMIDT Sebastian DEU 3.2
TSUCHIDA Daisuke JAP 3.2
HEMPIJIT Woramet THA 3.2
OKAMOTO Kazuki JAP 3.2
HONGTHONG Anon THA 3.2
KAZIMIERCZUK Mariusz POL 3.2
SEITS Roy NLD 3.2
DE VRIES Anouk NLD 3.2
BADSTED Palle DK 3.2
DOUDA Tomas CZE 3.2
DI MATTEI Alessandro ITA 3.2
BARRASS Iain GBR 3.2
VERSTUYFT Jan BEL 3.2
SEKNADJE Jose FRA 3.2
FANG Randy USA 3.2
KUNIHIKO Tanida JAP 3.2
NOWAK Dominik POL 3.2
SAIZ Ruben ESP 3.2
MARICHAL Patrick BEL 3.2
SPERANDIO Robert ITA 3.2
BERNER Nils SWE 3.2
DE GRAAF Jasmijn NLD 3.2
DECOEYERE Eric FRA 3.2
FEINSTEIN Joel GBR 3.2
FREDERIX Gijs BEL 3.1
RYBARIK Ivo CZE 3.1
VAN GIMST Ruud NLD 3.1
GRANDJEAN Laurent BEL 3.1
SLADEK Vitek CZE 3.1
SHIFMAN Leonid ISR 3.1
SAMCHENKO Alexander RUS 3.1
NI Haifang NLD 3.1
STENBERG Veronica SWE 3.1
LAURENT Raphael BEL 3.1
CALENDAR Hugo SWE 3.1
VAN DER AUWERA Bjorn BEL 3.1
TAMAKI Suguru JAP 3.1
DEN HAAN Frank NLD 3.1
MITMEAN Charinee THA 3.1
LILLA Kamil POL 3.1
SCHAAF Michael DEU 3.1
EDMEAD Garry GBR 3.1
MAKKONEN Olli FIN 3.1
JUHEM Philippe FRA 3.1
ZEMELKA Jan SWE 3.1
YUAN Ke CHN 3.1
VAN AUTREVE Evelyne BEL 3.1
PLOWMAN Guy GBR 3.1
VAN DEN BRANDT Joke BEL 3.1
LEGAT Eleen BEL 3.1
OTAKA Tomoki JPN 3.1
ILACQUA Gianluca ITA 3.1
TANA Patcharaporn THA 3.1
TAKIGAWA Mitsuaki JAP 3.1
ZHANG Qhinyi CHN 3.1
JANSSENS Norah BEL 3
SAUFNAY Stephanie BEL 3
SHIFMAN Micky ISR 3
BERTRANDIAS Marc NLD 3
BONTE Jelle BEL 3
GOH Jun Jie Anthony SGP 3
YANG Kelvin HKG 3
ZILLIG Remko NLD 3
GARDEBRINK Christian SWE 3
IN HET ZANDT Bas NLD 3
LAM Maverick HKG 3
HOORNAERT Oceane BEL 3
LEMAIRE Daniel BEL 3
ASPENRYD Henry SWE 3
VAN HEERE Mark NLD 3
DUMOULIN Jozef BEL 3
FREIBURGHAUS Kim SWE 3
BURNAY Kerwan BEL 3
SCOGNAMOGLIO Paolo ITA 3
JUIGNER Felix FRA 3
DECLERCK Frederik BEL 3
SPERANDIO Damiano ITA 3
RADZIVILOVSKY Pavel ISR 3
DVIVON Konstantin ISR 3
ROBERT Tatiana FRA 3
SZYSZKO Krzysztof POL 3
SANO Yoko JPN 3
HAMMERVIK Pal Tore Olsen NOR 3
LAURE Christelle BEL 3
TURUNEN Daniel SWE 3
SOKANKATE Duangkamol THA 3
JOHANSSON Erik SWE 3
TVEDT Sverre NOR 3
BUKA Michal POL 3
CECILLON Olivier FRA 3
HASSAN Ahmed EGY 3
ROSE Joseph USA 3
MARICHAL Alexander BEL 3
SYACHIN Alexander RUS 3
DI COLA Severino ITA 3
DEMOOR Yara BEL 3
VOLVERT Quentin BEL 3
KER Ming Han SGP 3
ZHANG Qhizeng CHN 3
VAN DAELE Kris BEL 3
LEE Chunae KOR 3
BENOIT Serge FRA 3
LECAT Antoine BEL 3
DORBECK Anne NLD 3
CAPELLE Stephane FRA 3
LECAT Florian BEL 3
FOSCHI Damiano ITA 3
BARNABA Donato ITA 3
VANHOUTTE Tine BEL 3
JANSSENS Kirsten BEL 3
NELIS Bernard BEL 3
ROSE Brian USA 3
GORNERT Daniel DEU 2.3
RIGNELL Daniel SWE 2.3
YANAGI Michiko JAP 2.3
COLLAY Sophie FRA 2.3
KUJAWA Ewa POL 2.3
BRACCHI Andre FRA 2.3
PANAJARN Linsue THA 2.3
DORBECK Anne NLD 2.3
RICHENS Julian GBR 2.3
VANDENBOSSCHE Raphael BEL 2.3
MICHAELSEN Peter DNK 2.3
NUPRASERT Siwasan THA 2.3
FASCE Paolo ITA 2.3
CASTELLANO Giorgio ITA 2.3
SKOGEN Tor Birger NOR 2.3
DE FLOU Mathias BEL 2.3
KLATTEN Linda NLD 2.3
VALLUND Torben DK 2.3
RAZGONNIKOFF Alexandre BEL 2.3
LEFEBVRE Thierry FRA 2.3
ELGER Marlis DEU 2.3
BACH Gunnar DEU 2.3
DAIROKUNO Mitsuru BRA 2.3
ZIEBA Arkadiusz POL 2.3
QUINTIN Nans BEL 2.3
BJORK Lisbeth SWE 2.3
DEXTER Helen GBR 2.3
SAAKES Tobias NLD 2.3
KORTLEVER Andre NLD 2.3
DE LILLE Felix BEL 2.3
TOUCHEN Fouad DZA 2.3
ARNOLD Roy GBR 2.3
LITSAS Andreas GRC 2.3
SURY Bartlomiej POL 2.3
VYAS Mehul IND 2.3
VECCHI Elisabetta ITA 2.3
DUPONT Frederic BEL 2.3
ROMANO Benedetto ITA 2.3
SOETENS Ruben BEL 2.3
SAWALA Rita NOR 2.3
SANBERG ODSELL Caroline SWE 2.3
DREESEN Gunner BEL 2.2
SELBY Matthew GBR 2.2
LEE Mikael KOR 2.2
GREGERSEN Jonas Lindholt DK 2.2
VERSTUYFT Andor BEL 2.2
CUVIER Christian FRA 2.2
LEMAIRE Nathalie BEL 2.2
MACALUSO Stefano BEL 2.2
ILITCH Juliette BEL 2.2
LINDSTROM Eric USA 2.2
VELTMAN Anne NLD 2.2
FONSECA NEVES Natascha NLD 2.2
SCHERNO Dominique FRA 2.2
BARSOTTI Paolo ITA 2.2
YE Liya CHN 2.2
LEHMAN Serge BEL 2.2
LEGAT Anna BEL 2.2
ZILLIG Sanna NLD 2.2
NICOLAS Caroline FRA 2.2
ULVEDAL JENSEN Elisabeth DNK 2.2
MITSI Christina GRC 2.2
BENGTSSON Ulf SWE 2.2
BOE Alexander NOR 2.2
KORTENDIJK Oscar NLD 2.2
MARGALIOT Michael ISR 2.2
BISHOP Robert USA 2.2
PARK Jonghyun KOR 2.2
DORSIMONT Guilain FRA 2.2
TASTET Sophie FRA 2.2
VAN PUYMBROEK Martine BEL 2.2
MURAWSKI Stefan DEU 2.2
VERSTUYFT Pepijn BEL 2.2
VAN DER WAGT Ben NLD 2.2
DE BEUKELAER Stijn BEL 2.2
LECAT Maxime BEL 2.2
WEBER Gertrud DEU 2.2
ZILLIG Isabel NLD 2.2
YOSIFOVICH Danielle ISR 2.2
MAKELBERGE Dries BEL 2.2
EVERETT Elijah GBR 2.2
REUNES Sigrid BEL 2.1
STARKEY Helen GBR 2.1
LANNOY Claire BEL 2.1
CANTAMESSA Pierre BEL 2.1
RUBELE Renzo ITA 2.1
D'HAEYER Sofie BEL 2.1
TALLOEN Sara BEL 2.1
ZINCEKO Nikita CZE 2.1
BURVENICH Claude BEL 2.1
ZIEBA Grzegorz POL 2.1
VERDERSTICHELE Linda BEL 2.1
LECLERC Sylvie FRA 2.1
CLAEYS Tony BEL 2.1
DELANOTE Marijn BEL 2.1
MARCINIAK Bartosz POL 2.1
VANGEENBERGHE Patrick BEL 2.1
LECOCQ Christian BEL 2.1
BUYCK Lien BEL 2.1
LUXHOJ STOVRING Pia DNK 2.1
MICHEL Dany BEL 2.1
DEMOOR Thycho BEL 2.1
VECCHI Maria Serena ITA 2.1
MUTTI Andrea ITA 2.1
EVRARD Jeremy BEL 2.1
TURNER Tanith BEL 2.1
LIGHTMAN Marie GBR 2.1
KATZMAN Sharon USA 2.1
ROOS Diederik NLD 2.1
WELTY Chris USA 2.1
GIGLIUCCI Chiara ITA 2.1
RUBIO Celine FRA 2.1
GIANNINI Valentino ITA 2.1
BUDINO Ricardo ESP 2.1
JACOBS Kristoffel BEL 2.1
OUREGA Loh Jeannot CIV 2.1
VAN GIMST Simone NLD 2.1
TURNER Alison GBR 2.1
BRUYNINCKX Luc BEL 2.1
VOLVERT Corentin BEL 2.1
TJASSENS Dennis NLD 2.1
VAN COILLIE Mats BEL 2.1
OUREGA Irene Gallo CIV 2.1
MEULEMAN Karel BEL 2.1
AUGUSTIJN Arjan NLD 2.1
DE HAAN Kees NLD 2.1
VERNEROVA Andrea SVK 2.1
WARENDIEN Carole FRA 2.1
MARICHAL Amelie BEL 2.1
BOGAERT Cedric BEL 2.1
SEDEYN Bert BEL 2.1
ROOS Lars BEL 2.1
VOLVERT Christopher BEL 2
ANDRIEUX Marc FRA 2
COUTURIAUX Eric BEL 2
ACHTEN Hendrik BEL 2
DELAHAYE Jean BEL 2
HUYGH Bernard BEL 2
MARICHAEL Rinus BEL 2
KRASTEV Dimitar BGR 2
VAN DIJK Bart BEL 2
VANDENHOVEN Sofie BEL 2
BONGERS Joris BEL 2
TURNER Kali GBR 2
DOHOGNE Yves BEL 2
MACALUSO Paolo BEL 2
DEVAERE Tobe BEL 2
DUBOIS D'AISCHE Yves BEL 2
LANDRAIN Veronique BEL 2
WARD Jan NLD 2
BLANVILLAIN Xavier BEL 2
VAN DER VEKEN Lieve BEL 2
WITTING Sipke NLD 2
DEBORGGRAEF Benoit BEL 2
GERARD Francois BEL 2
VAN DER WAGT Jan NLD 2
REED Eric USA 2
BATREAU Maggy BEL 2
BIARD Patricia NLD 2
REUNES Sverre BEL 2
VAN GIMST Thijs NLD 2
VOLVERT Owen BEL 2
NIKOLIDOU Vivia GRC 2
JIANG Sha CHN 2
ROBINSON Steven GBR 2
PELLE Domiique BEL 2
BEUSCART Corinne FRA 2
JORION Bernard BEL 2
LU Joan Hsiu BRA 2
THEUWISSEN Griet BEL 2
DE GROOF Vera BEL 2
GILLET Aurore BEL 2
YABLONSKAYA Alena BLR 2
OVION Jacques FRA 2
NIELSEN Alberte Josefine DNK 2
DE ZAEYTIJD Aron BEL 2
DAI Min CHN 2
BULCKE Niene BEL 2
VIEVEEN Jos NLD 2
MARCHAL Patrice BEL 2
BATAILLE Patrick BEL 2
MATTHYS Benoit BEL 2
VAN DIJK Dirk NLD 2
CODRON Bruno FRA 2
STERCK Thierry BEL 2
DIEPENMAAT Jeroen NLD 2
VAN DORPE Niki BEL 2
DEMBINKSI Wito BEL 2
VAN GILS Wendelien NLD 2
SAUZEZ Ophelie BEL 2
BENTOLILA Sarah FRA 2
NUYTTENS Liesbeth BEL 1
YOUENS Robyn GBR 1
MAY Manuel BEL 1
DECUPERE Joost BEL 1
AUROUSSEAU Benjamin BEL 1
VERSTRAETE Ludo BEL 1
REN Zhiyao CHN 1
JANQUART Bert BEL 1
ROBYN Dave BEL 1
VANDIERENDONCK Bieke BEL 1
CARCAGNOLO Nicolas FRA 1
BLANVILLAIN Xavier BEL 1
TREBINI Jolande NLD 1
CORNETTE Daan BEL 1
BOUSARD Steven BEL 1
BIVER Jean-Marc BEL 1
TYTGAT Mathis BEL 1
TREBINI Romano NLD 1
JAMES Hayley GBR 1
BLANKENDAAL Juduth NLD 1
MARICHAEL Aaron BEL 1
DE GROOTE Klara BEL 1
DECLERCK Eline BEL 1
VANDEPEUTE Alain NLD 1
VAN DER LAAG Sjoerd NLD 1
HABRAKEN Nico BEL 1
DE VRIES Jiska NLD 1
QUAIFE Sharon BEL 1
VOLVERT Laurent BEL 1
TORRI Marie-Christine FRA 1
VECHTER Ivan BEL 1
SAELENS Jeroom BEL 1
MONTJOIE Patrick BEL 1
VAN DE MOORTEL Luc BEL 1
HOENS Lieselotte BEL 1
PETERS Alain BEL 1
VAN PEER Vincent BEL 1
BETIN Dominique FRA 1
REMEU Jan BEL 1
PORREZ Silke BEL 1
VAN DAMME Pepijn BEL 1
JACOBS Peter BEL 1
SCHOTTE Jean-Pierre BEL 1
CHARLIER Bruno BEL 1
DE SMAELE Danielle BEL 1
MARICHAL Audric BEL 1
LANDRAIN Andre BEL 1
POHJOINEN Petri FIN 1
BLUM Gerhard DEU 1
MAY Merel BEL 1
ROBYN Yonas BEL 1
BUYSSE Fleur BEL 1
RANICZKOWSKI Przemek POL 1
IN HET ZANDT Paul NLD 1
SILVOSO Manuel BEL 1
HENRY Alain BEL 1
GOZDZIK Agata POL 1
DE GROOTE Martha BEL 0
DONCKERS Stephanie BEL 0
STAELENS Kurt BEL 0
BUYSSE Zoe BEL 0
LECAT Nicolas BEL 0
PEETERS Ellen BEL 0
JOOS Lien BEL 0
DHONT Sandra BEL 0
STILLEN Kevin BEL 0
DEWITTE Nicolas BEL 0
LIGHTMAN Albert GBR 0
ROBYN Katia BEL 0
XIN Wang CHN 0
EECKHOUT Eddy BEL 0
PENNINCKX Luc BEL 0
KORTENDIJK Bauke NLD 0
OTTINGER Tilly BEL 0
HABRAKEN Jeroen BEL 0
VAN KEIRSBILCK Felipe BEL 0
LEENAERT Tom BEL 0
RANICZKOWSKI Stanislaw POL 0
DE MOOR Sam BEL 0
DUQUE Olivier BEL 0
VECHTER Gerben BEL 0
DELGRANGE Anne-Vicky BEL 0
VANNIER Luc BEL 0
GREVIN Marie-Rose FRA 0
JACQUES Christophe BEL 0
HILDEN Jukka FIN 0
COLAS Olivier BEL 0
SPRINGUEL Chantal BEL 0
CLAEYS Arthur BEL 0
GUILLAUME Mathieu BEL 0
PINTUS Raphael BEL 0