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HJ
Hessel, Jan
🇸🇪FIDE 1726471· Male· Sweden· Born in 1956
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Jan Hessel, a 70-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1760. He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 2 years. 13 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Falu KM 2025 R10,11, Falu KM 2025 R89, and Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r5-6. Also played 1 rapid event (including Jussidraget 2025 R123) recently. His peak of 1799 was reached at age 68 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1760
Standard
Rpd1779·Blz—
All-time high
1799
−39 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 68
Mar 2024 · age 68
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#89,176
#89,176 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+134 Elo)
1659 → 1793
Jan 2025
2024
All-time peak 1799
at age 68 · −39 from today
Mar 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 67
Apr 2023
2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 60
Dec 2016
2014
89th Swedish 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 1715
Sep 2014
Crossed 1600
at age 58
Aug 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1760 → 1760
Tournaments
8
11 games
Score
5/ 1145.5%
3W4D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #5 | 1913 | +5.0 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #5 | 1536 | -6.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #25 | 2607 | +11.6 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #7 | 1659 | -5.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #3 | 2520 | +9.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #36 | 1752 | -0.2 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #4 | 1671 | -4.8 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #7 | 999 | -9.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTorsten Ros
🇸🇪SWE·1949
+1 −4 =3
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMagnus 1963 Eriksson
🇸🇪SWE·1839
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsPeter Hellstrom
🇸🇪SWE·1861
+0 −3 =4
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsMikael Wegblad
🇸🇪SWE·1785
+0 −3 =4
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsErik Christensen
🇸🇪SWE·1598
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2022
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Rankings
/
Sweden
#1,691
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#63,905
in continent
World
#89,174
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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