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EK
Ekelund, Kurt
🇸🇪INACTIVE · since March 2025FIDE 1706667· Male· Sweden· Born in 1945
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Kurt Ekelund, a 81-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1921. He plays around 20 rated games per year and took a 52-month break between Apr 2006 and Sep 2010. His peak of 2131 was reached at age 57 (Apr 2002).
Current rating
1921
Standard
Rpd1985·Blz1971
All-time high
2131
−210 pts below
Apr 2002 · age 57
Apr 2002 · age 57
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
Moderately active
Signature stat
#43,080
#43,080 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
18 entries2026
16th Swedish 80+ player
at age 81 · rated 1921
Jan 2026
2025
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1921 → still inactive
Mar 2025
2022
15th Swedish 75-80 player
at age 77 · rated 1960
May 2022
2018
Re-crossed 2000
at age 73
Dec 2018
Re-crossed 2000
at age 73
Jan 2018
2017
14th Swedish 70-75 player
at age 72 · rated 2036
Mar 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1921 → 1921
Most-Played Opponents
vsBorje JanssonFM
🇸🇪SWE·2199
+6 −13 =4
23 games·last met Jul 2022
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vsCarl Fredrik JohanssonCM
🇸🇪SWE·2136
+3 −10 =4
17 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsHenryk Dolata
🇸🇪SWE·1987
+6 −7 =3
16 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsBo Nyberg
🇸🇪SWE
+9 −1 =6
16 games·last met May 2022
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vsNils Erik Berglund
🇸🇪SWE·1914
+6 −2 =7
15 games·last met Oct 2023
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Rankings
/
Sweden
#864
out of 3,415 players
Europe
#33,097
in continent
World
#43,284
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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