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Hedin, Niclas
🇸🇪FIDE 1720708· Male· Sweden· Born in 1966
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Niclas Hedin, a 60-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1975 — just 10 short of his peak of 1985 (Apr 2026, age 60). He is progressing steadily with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Wasa Varturnering 2026 r7, Allsvenskan 2025-2026: I:2 r7, and Sthlm Lag-DM 2025-2026 div 3 r5. Also played 2 rapid events (including Wasa Snabb-GP 2025 R789) recently.
Current rating
1975
Standard
Rpd1933·Blz1933
All-time high
1985
−10 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 60
Apr 2026 · age 60
Activity
45
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
39 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#31,661
#31,661 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
73rd Swedish 55-60 player
at age 60 · rated 1985
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1985
at age 60 · −10 from today
Apr 2026
2025
500 career games
at age 59
Nov 2025
Best 12-month gain (+142 Elo)
1794 → 1936
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 58
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1878 → returned at 1853
Jul 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+22
1953 → 1975
Tournaments
19
41 games
Score
27.5/ 4167.1%
23W9D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
18 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #7 | 1717 | -10.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/1 | #9 | 2714 | +6.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #35 | 2017 | +1.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #18 | 1761 | -5.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 2641 | +5.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #13 | 2869 | +13.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #4 | 1825 | -5.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #4 | 2666 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/9 | #46 | 1901 | -9.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #7 | 2720 | +8.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHans Ranby
🇸🇪SWE·1869
+4 −10 =3
17 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsBjorn Knoppel
🇸🇪SWE·1716
+7 −2 =3
12 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsJohan Sterner
🇸🇪SWE·1793
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsSimon Evans
🇸🇪SWE·1934
+2 −0 =4
6 games·last met Sep 2024
View head-to-head →
vsLennarth Eriksson
🇸🇪SWE·1976
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met Mar 2024
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Sweden
#643
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#23,414
in continent
World
#31,660
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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