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Heinola, Vesa

CM🇫🇮

FIDEFIDE 1706063· Male· Finland· Born in 1972

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Vesa Heinola, a 54-year-old Finnish Candidate Master, is rated 2134 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 40 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 12-13, Winter Clash, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 4-5. Also played 3 rapid (including Nopean shakin HM 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Pikashakin SM 2025) recently. He took a 14-month break between Jul 2003 and Oct 2004. His peak of 2283 was reached at age 48 (Jan 2020); he also reached Finnish #23 in Mar 2022.

Competes for Finland since Jun 2013. Awarded CM in 2013 (age 41).

Current rating

2134

Standard

Rpd2121·Blz2130

All-time high

2283

−149 pts below
Jan 2020 · age 48

Activity

21

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 6%

#12,472 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

18 entries
2023
7th Finnish 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2247
Jan 2023
2022
Peak Finnish rank: #23
at age 50 · rated 2280
Mar 2022
2020
5th Finnish 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 2283
Sep 2020
All-time peak 2283
at age 48 · −149 from today
Jan 2020
2017
8th Finnish 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 2260
Nov 2017
Best 12-month gain (+61 Elo)
2195 → 2256
Aug 2017

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
Hannelius Memorial 2025
perf 2250 (+99) · 7.5/8 · #1
Top opponent
vs Vilka SipilaIM 2,465
Klassisen shakin kesaturnaus Kangasalla 2025 Group A · Jun 2025 · +7.1 Elo
Evolution
-26
2160 → 2134
Tournaments
6
22 games
Score
15/ 2268.2%
11W8D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[D]vsVilka SipilaIM2,465·Klassisen shakin kesaturnaus Kangasalla 2025 Group A·R4·+7.1
2.[W]vsTapio Aropaltio1,959·Winter Clash·R2·+5.3
3.[W]vsJesse Sissala1,902·Winter Clash·R1·+4.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 12-13
Team
Feb 20260/1#981384-8.8
Winter Clash
Swiss
Jan 20263.5/4#12274+12.2
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 4-5
Team
Sep 20251/2#592102-2.6
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 Round 1-3
Team
Sep 20250.5/2#811837-16.6
Hannelius Memorial 2025
Round-Robin
Jul 20257.5/8#12250-7.8
Worst Elo result: Finnish championship league 2025-2026 Round 1-3 (-16.6 Elo, finished #81).

Rankings

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Finland
#117
out of 806 players
Europe
#8,986
in continent
World
#12,472
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Finland
1
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2,601
2
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2,503
3
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2,495
4
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2,471
5
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2,415
6
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2,388
7
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2,366
8
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2,363
9
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2,344
10
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2,342
...
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Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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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
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2,754
10
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2,753
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