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Welin, Mats

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FIDEFIDE 1705180· Male· Sweden· Born in 1977

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Mats Welin, a 49-year-old Swedish FIDE Master, is rated 2274 and sitting in the top 3% of Swedish players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2274 and 2304 over the past 2 years. 12 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearances: Allsvenskan 2025-2026 Superettan r7-9 and Lag-DM Goteborg 2025 R567. He had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2001–2003) and 12 months (2009–2010). His peak of 2360 was reached at age 40 (Mar 2017, Swedish #52 at the time).

Awarded FM in 2014 (age 37).

Current rating

2274

Standard

Rpd2307·Blz—

All-time high

2360

−86 pts below
Mar 2017 · age 40

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#82 · Swedish players · of 2,924

Career timeline

18 entries
2025
6th Swedish 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 2304
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 48
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 48
Feb 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 46
Jan 2023
2020
7th Swedish 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 2340
Oct 2020
2017
Peak Swedish rank: #52
at age 40 · rated 2360
Mar 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Marten AronssonFM 2,311
Allsvenskan 2025-2026 Superettan r7-9 · Mar 2026 · +1.1 Elo
Evolution
-19
2293 → 2274
Tournaments
5
12 games
Score
6.5/ 1254.2%
5W3D4L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Allsvenskan 2025-2026 Superettan r7-9
Team
Mar 20260.5/3#851958-22.4
Allsvenskan 2025-2026 Superettan r4-6
Team
Jan 20262.5/3#72533+19.8
Allsvenskan 2025-2026 Superettan r1-3
Team
Nov 20250.5/3#871915-28.2
Lag-DM Goteborg 2025 R567
Team
Sep 20252/2#112815+6.8
Lag-DM Goteborg 2025 R1234
Team
Sep 20251/1#732829+3.6
Worst Elo result: Allsvenskan 2025-2026 Superettan r1-3 (-28.2 Elo, finished #87).

Rankings

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Sweden
#82
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#3,342
in continent
World
#4,955
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Sweden
1
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2,647
2
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2,581
3
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2,511
4
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2,509
5
🇸🇪Seo, Jung MinFollow Jung Min SeoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,488
6
🇸🇪Blomqvist, ErikFollow Erik BlomqvistTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,487
7
🇸🇪Berg, EmanuelFollow Emanuel BergTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,474
8
🇸🇪Trost, EdvinFollow Edvin TrostTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,460
8
🇸🇪Sorensen, HampusFollow Hampus SorensenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,460
10
🇸🇪Storme, IsakFollow Isak StormeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,453
...
82🇸🇪Welin, Mats2,274
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
3342🇸🇪Welin, Mats2,274
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
4955🇸🇪Welin, Mats2,274