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Vaarala, Eric
🇸🇪FIDE 1711962· Male· Sweden· Born in 1993
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Eric Vaarala, a 33-year-old Swedish player, is rated 2299 — just 22 short of his peak of 2321 (Dec 2018, age 25) and sitting in the top 2% of Swedish players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is currently in the 2250–2300 range. 20 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Allsvenskan 2025-2026: I:1 r7, Allsvenskan 2025-2026: I:1 r5-6 feb, and Lag DM Gavleborg 2025-2026 R45. Also played 1 rapid event (including Gefle Elite Chess Open 2025 rpd) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 17 months (2022–2023) and 14 months (2023–2025). He reached Swedish #65 in Apr 2025.
At junior level, he reached #3, #3, #6 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2299
Standard
Rpd2277·Blz2288
All-time high
2321
−22 pts below
Dec 2018 · age 25
Dec 2018 · age 25
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#69 · Swedish players · of 2,924
Career timeline
22 entries2026
500 career games
at age 33
Mar 2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 33
Feb 2026
2025
Peak Swedish rank: #65
at age 32 · rated 2315
Apr 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 32
Mar 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 30
Nov 2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2305 → returned at 2297
Nov 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-6
2305 → 2299
Tournaments
12
20 games
Score
15/ 2075.0%
11W8D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #33 | 2021 | -5.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #24 | 2218 | -4.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2516 | +3.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 3052 | +8.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2824 | +3.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #25 | 2062 | -5.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #8 | 2714 | +1.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/4 | #45 | 2144 | -16.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #2 | 2393 | +3.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #8 | 2228 | -2.6 |
Rankings
/
Sweden
#69
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#2,758
in continent
World
#4,136
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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