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Stenseng, Benjamin
🇳🇴FIDE 1542206· Male· Norway· Born in 2002
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Benjamin Stenseng, a 24-year-old Norwegian player, is rated 1762 — just 3 short of his peak of 1765 (Jun 2024, age 22). He plays occasionally (1 game in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2022–2024) and 15 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: NM for studenter 2025.
At junior level, he reached #46, #50 and #62 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1762
Standard
Rpd1682·Blz1702
All-time high
1765
−3 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 22
Jun 2024 · age 22
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
1 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#88,511
#88,511 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2024
All-time peak 1765
at age 22 · −3 from today
Jun 2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1765 → returned at 1762
Jun 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 22
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1570 → returned at 1753
Aug 2022
46th Norwegian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1578
Mar 2022
2021
100 career games
at age 19
Oct 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-3
1765 → 1762
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2.5/ 550.0%
2W1D2L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/1 | #40 | 2853 | -3.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAnders Nilsson Aure
🇳🇴NOR·1890
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2020
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vsRoger Lovaas
🇳🇴NOR·1681
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Mar 2020
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vsTore Hoisveen
🇳🇴NOR·1629
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Mar 2019
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vsBjorn Robert Lovoll Unhjem
🇳🇴NOR·2013
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2022
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vsVillum Brevick Kierulf
🇳🇴NOR·2178
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Dec 2019
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Rankings
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Norway
#842
out of 2,669 players
Europe
#63,469
in continent
World
#88,509
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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