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EK
Ekberg, Karl
🇸🇪FIDE 1726277· Male· Sweden· Born in 2000
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Karl Ekberg, a 26-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1980 — just 15 short of his peak of 1995 (Apr 2026, age 26). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 19 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Paskturneringen 2026 std, Allsvenskan 2025-2026: I:4 r7, and Allskanskan 2025-2026 div 1 r5-6. Also played 3 rapid events (including Malmo Open 2025 rpd) recently. He took a 19-month break between Sep 2022 and May 2024.
At junior level, he reached #12, #10, #12 and #18 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1980
Standard
Rpd1912·Blz1903
All-time high
1995
−15 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 26
Apr 2026 · age 26
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#30,787
#30,787 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
All-time peak 1995
at age 26 · −15 from today
Apr 2026
2022
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1913 → returned at 1955
Sep 2022
89th Swedish 20-35 player
at age 22 · rated 1950
Apr 2022
2020
12th Swedish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1913
Oct 2020
6-month rising streak
+46 Elo
Apr 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1800
at age 19
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+14
1966 → 1980
Tournaments
8
13 games
Score
7/ 1353.8%
6W2D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/5 | #107 | 1976 | -2.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #32 | 1067 | -12.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #27 | 2078 | +2.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #21 | 2809 | +11.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2661 | +14.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #51 | 1153 | -10.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 2869 | +13.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #53 | 1474 | -3.0 |
Rankings
/
Sweden
#628
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#22,759
in continent
World
#30,786
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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