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Larsen, Niels Steen

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FIDEFIDE 1423878· Male· Denmark· Born in 1955

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Niels Steen Larsen, a 71-year-old Danish player, is rated 1781 — just 13 short of his peak of 1794 (Jan 2026, age 71). He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 19 months (2017–2018) and 20 months (2024–2025). Recent standard appearances include 2HK Team 2025-26 Mar, 2HK Team 2025-26 Jan-Feb, and 2HK Team 2025-26 December.

Current rating

1781

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1794

−13 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 71

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#82,271

#82,271 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

10 entries
2026
All-time peak 1794
at age 71 · −13 from today
Jan 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+138 Elo)
1644 → 1782
Jan 2025
2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1782 → returned at 1787
Mar 2024
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 68
Apr 2023
2017
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1718 → returned at 1692
Apr 2017
Crossed 1600
at age 62
Jan 2017

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jesper Frederiksen 1,804
2HK Team 2025-26 November · Nov 2025 · +10.5 Elo
Evolution
-1
1782 → 1781
Tournaments
4
8 games
Score
4.5/ 856.3%
2W5D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJesper Frederiksen1,804·2HK Team 2025-26 November·R1·+10.5
2.[W]vsKnud-Ole Olsen1,675·2HK Team 2025-26 December·R3·+6.7
3.[D]vsLars Blach Jensen1,782·2HK Team 2025-26 Mar·R2·+0.0
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsRichard Roos1,870·2HK Team 2025-26 Jan-Feb·R2·-7.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2HK Team 2025-26 Mar
Team
Mar 20261/2#971691-5.0
2HK Team 2025-26 Jan-Feb
Team
Jan 20260/1#1241070-8.0
2HK Team 2025-26 December
Team
Dec 20251/1#192475+7.0
2HK Team 2025-26 November
Team
Nov 20252.5/4#51822+4.6

Rankings

/
Denmark
#1,535
out of 2,633 players
Europe
#59,249
in continent
World
#82,270
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Denmark
1
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2
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2,614
3
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2,590
4
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2,579
5
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2,559
6
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2,530
7
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2,490
8
🇩🇰Rasmussen, Allan StigFollow Allan Stig RasmussenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,482
9
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2,478
10
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2,475
...
1535🇩🇰Larsen, Niels Steen1,781
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
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2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
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2,708
...
59249🇩🇰Larsen, Niels Steen1,781
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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82270🇩🇰Larsen, Niels Steen1,781