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Hessel, Jan

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FIDEFIDE 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

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#89,053

#89,053 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

10 entries
2025
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

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Torsten Ros 1,913
Falu KM 2025 R10,11 · Mar 2026 · +4.1 Elo
Best comeback
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r3
finished #3 (seeded #50 of 80)
Evolution
-15
1775 → 1760
Tournaments
9
14 games
Score
6/ 1442.9%
3W6D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSture Tykoson1,807·Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r5-6·R5·+11.5
2.[W]vsHilding Eriksson1,720·Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r3·R3·+9.0
3.[W]vsArend Hintze1,600·Falu KM 2025 R34·R4·+5.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsDennis Holmstrom1,741·Falu KM 2025 R34·R3·-10.4
2.[L]vsMikael Wegblad1,799·Falu KM 2025 R12·R1·-8.6
3.[L]vsMagnus 1963 Eriksson1,833·Jussidraget 2025 std·R6·-7.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Falu KM 2025 R10,11
Round-Robin
Mar 20260.5/1#51913+5.0
Falu KM 2025 R89
Round-Robin
Feb 20260.5/1#51536-6.2
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r5-6
Team
Feb 20261/1#252607+11.6
Falu KM 2025 R67
Round-Robin
Jan 20260.5/2#71659-5.6
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r3
Team
Dec 20251/1#32520+9.4
Worst Elo result: Jussidraget 2025 std (-15.4 Elo, finished #15).

Rankings

/
Sweden
#1,690
out of 3,413 players
Europe
#63,819
in continent
World
#89,052
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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7
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10
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1690🇸🇪Hessel, Jan1,760
Europe
1
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2
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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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63819🇸🇪Hessel, Jan1,760
World
1
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2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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9
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10
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89052🇸🇪Hessel, Jan1,760