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Sandstrom, Ludvig
🇸🇪FIDE 1701479· Male· Sweden· Born in 1965
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Ludvig Sandstrom, a 61-year-old Swedish player, is rated 2333 — just 27 short of his peak of 2360 (Jan 2001, age 36) and sitting in the top 2% of Swedish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 65 months (2002–2008), 69 months (2008–2014) and 23 months (2014–2016). Recent standard appearances include Allsvenskan 2025-2026: I:1 r7, Allsvenskan 2025-2026: I:1 r5-6 feb, and Allsvenskan 2025-2026: I:1 r4 jan. Also played 2 rapid (including Svarta Hasten varsnabben 2026) and 2 blitz events (including SM-Blixten 2025) recently. He reached Swedish #31 in Oct 2004.
Earned a IM norm at Copenhagen Cup 1998.
Current rating
2333
Standard
Rpd2325·Blz2232
All-time high
2360
−27 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 36
Jan 2001 · age 36
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 2%
#54 · Swedish players · of 2,924
Career timeline
16 entries2026
6th Swedish 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2335
Mar 2026
2025
5th Swedish 55-60 player
at age 60 · rated 2341
Nov 2025
Best 12-month gain (+42 Elo)
2299 → 2341
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 60
Mar 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 59
Apr 2024
2016
9th Swedish 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2357
Oct 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+6
2327 → 2333
Tournaments
5
7 games
Score
5/ 771.4%
3W4D0L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #40 | 2252 | -2.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #5 | 2452 | +5.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #31 | 2090 | -6.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #37 | 2136 | -6.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #2 | 3020 | +14.4 |
Rankings
/
Sweden
#54
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#2,031
in continent
World
#3,118
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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