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Persson, Borje
🇸🇪FIDE 1710850· Male· Sweden· Born in 1942
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Borje Persson, a 84-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1774. He has fluctuated between 1736 and 1812 over the past 2 years. 68 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Goteborgs Veteran-DM 2026 R12345, VSF Distriksserie finalspel 2026, and Allsvenskan 2025-2026: III:7 r7. Also played 1 rapid event (including Veterantraffen 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2009–2010) and 13 months (2015–2016). His peak of 1983 was reached at age 67 (Jan 2009).
Current rating
1774
Standard
Rpd1814·Blz1765
All-time high
1983
−209 pts below
Jan 2009 · age 67
Jan 2009 · age 67
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
66 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#84,533
#84,533 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+118 Elo)
1701 → 1819
Apr 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 82
Mar 2024
2023
23rd Swedish 80+ player
at age 81 · rated 1710
Dec 2023
2022
48th Swedish 75-80 player
at age 80 · rated 1699
Apr 2022
2015
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1777 → returned at 1769
Sep 2015
2014
100 career games
at age 72
Aug 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+13
1761 → 1774
Tournaments
24
66 games
Score
31/ 6647.0%
22W20D24L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
19 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/4 | #4 | 1977 | +24.2 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #10 | 2007 | -7.4 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/5 | #11 | 1890 | +19.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #10 | 1883 | +6.6 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/4 | #6 | 1786 | -6.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #24 | 1698 | -3.6 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #7 | 2047 | +1.4 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 2/7 | #7 | 1604 | -33.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #30 | 1736 | -2.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/2 | #68 | 1061 | -15.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPer-Olov Sandgren
🇸🇪SWE·1580
+2 −4 =4
10 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsTony Baric
🇸🇪SWE·1723
+3 −2 =4
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsAnders Frisk
🇸🇪SWE·1813
+1 −4 =4
9 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsGhassan Abo Khashref
🇸🇪SWE·1595
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsJorgen Sollenborn
🇸🇪SWE·1887
+1 −4 =3
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Sweden
#1,621
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#60,815
in continent
World
#84,531
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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