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Vedso, Michael
🇩🇰FIDE 1427148· Male· Denmark· Born in 1964
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Michael Vedso, a 62-year-old Danish player, is rated 1787 — just 24 short of his peak of 1811 (Apr 2024, age 60). He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 24 months (2012–2014), 40 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2022–2024). Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 10, Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 8, and Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 1. Also played 2 blitz events (including 1st Europchess Afterwork Blitz 01-2026) recently.
Current rating
1787
Standard
Rpd1815·Blz1787
All-time high
1811
−24 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 60
Apr 2024 · age 60
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#80,438
#80,438 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+140 Elo)
1664 → 1804
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 60
Apr 2024
All-time peak 1811
at age 60 · −24 from today
Apr 2024
2022
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1673 → returned at 1664
Dec 2022
2019
Inactive for 40 months
paused at 1677 → returned at 1673
Jul 2019
2018
100 career games
at age 54
May 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
1795 → 1787
Tournaments
3
3 games
Score
0.5/ 316.7%
0W1D2L
Top 1 win
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #848 | 1975 | +4.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #1118 | 1142 | -5.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #1541 | 1100 | -7.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAhmed Kazic
🇩🇰DEN·1775
+3 −5 =3
11 games·last met May 2019
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vsKnud Larsen
🇩🇰DEN·1756
+2 −3 =5
10 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsJohn Laurids Hansen
🇩🇰DEN·1944
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2019
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vsPeter Kohler
🇩🇰DEN·1881
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsAnfinn Niclasen
🇩🇰DEN·1611
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2018
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Rankings
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Denmark
#1,485
out of 2,627 players
Europe
#58,041
in continent
World
#80,436
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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