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Backlin, Torbjorn

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FIDEFIDE 1718193· Male· Sweden· Born in 1947

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Torbjorn Backlin, a 79-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1695. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months). Recent standard appearances include Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r2, Uppsala Mote 2025 std, and Veteran-SM 65plus 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Uppsala Mote 2025 rpd) and 1 blitz events (including SM-Blixten 2025) recently. His peak of 1799 was reached at age 70 (May 2017).

Current rating

1695

Standard

Rpd1760·Blz1787

All-time high

1799

−104 pts below
May 2017 · age 70

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#111,772

#111,772 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2025
Best 12-month gain (+143 Elo)
1572 → 1715
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 77
Mar 2024
2023
56th Swedish 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1645
Jan 2023
2020
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1664 → returned at 1660
Apr 2020
2019
100 career games
at age 72
May 2019
2018
65th Swedish 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1752
Sep 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Peter Bytar 1,910
Veteran-SM 65plus 2025 · Jun 2025 · +15.2 Elo
Evolution
-15
1710 → 1695
Tournaments
3
7 games
Score
2/ 728.6%
2W0D5L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsPeter Bytar1,910·Veteran-SM 65plus 2025·R1·+15.2
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsHenry Bjarnegard1,727·Uppsala Mote 2025 std·R5·-9.3
2.[L]vsAlice Xiong1,767·Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r2·R2·-8.0
3.[L]vsOlle Algars1,870·Veteran-SM 65plus 2025·R4·-5.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r2
Team
Nov 20250/1#56967-7.4
Uppsala Mote 2025 std
Open Swiss
Oct 20251/1#442527-9.6
Veteran-SM 65plus 2025
Swiss
Jun 20251/4#331740+2.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsNils Erik Berglund
🇸🇪SWE·1914
+8 −8 =2
18 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsBo Nyberg
🇸🇪SWE
+8 −8 =0
16 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsSeved Nylund
🇸🇪SWE·1868
+3 −11 =0
14 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsVidar Stordahl
🇸🇪SWE·1683
+8 −4 =0
12 games·last met Apr 2024
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vsHenryk Dolata
🇸🇪SWE·1987
+2 −9 =0
11 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings

/
Sweden
#2,056
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#78,293
in continent
World
#111,769
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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8
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10
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2056🇸🇪Backlin, Torbjorn1,695
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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2,764
4
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5
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6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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10
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78293🇸🇪Backlin, Torbjorn1,695
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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