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Semcesen, Daniel
GM🇸🇪FIDE 1706993· Male· Sweden· Born in 1986
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Daniel Semcesen, a 40-year-old Swedish Grandmaster, is rated 2422 and ranked 19th among Swedish players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 22 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈61/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Unga talanger IM6, Allsvenskan 2025-2026 Superettan r7-9, and Allskanskan 2025-2026 div 1 r5-6. Also played 1 rapid event (including Malmo Open 2025 rpd) recently. His peak of 2513 was reached at age 28 (May 2014, Swedish #7 at the time).
Awarded GM in 2014 (age 28), IM in 2009 (age 23), and FM in 2007 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #3, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2422
Standard
Rpd2519·Blz2458
All-time high
2513
−91 pts below
May 2014 · age 28
May 2014 · age 28
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#19
#19 · Swedish players · of 2,924
Career timeline
19 entries2020
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2475 → returned at 2472
Nov 2020
2014
Peak Swedish rank: #7
at age 28 · rated 2513
May 2014
All-time peak 2513
at age 28 · −91 from today
May 2014
GM title awardedGM
at age 28 · 84th FIDE Congress 2013
Mar 2014
Crossed 2500
at age 28
Mar 2014
2013
1,000 career games
at age 27
Sep 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-5
2427 → 2422
Tournaments
7
32 games
Score
20.5/ 3264.1%
12W17D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 6.5/9 | #2 | 2449 | +4.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #9 | 2522 | +3.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #17 | 2952 | +1.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #30 | 2289 | -5.6 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 5.5/9 | #5 | 2464 | +6.7 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/4 | #95 | 2159 | -12.3 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/3 | #43 | 2366 | -2.6 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsHans TikkanenGM
🇸🇪SWE·2475
+4 −4 =13
21 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsAxel SmithGM
🇸🇪SWE·2439
+5 −4 =12
21 games·last met Jul 2016
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vsTiger Hillarp PerssonGM
🇸🇪SWE·2418
+4 −5 =7
16 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsNils GrandeliusGM
🇸🇪SWE·2647
+6 −6 =2
14 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsJasmin BejtovicIM
🇧🇦BIH·2362
+5 −1 =7
13 games·last met Feb 2016
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Rankings
/
Sweden
#19
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#828
in continent
World
#1,331
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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