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Karlsson, Leif

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FIDEFIDE 1727532· Male· Sweden· Born in 1962

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Leif Karlsson, a 64-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1845 — just 27 short of his peak of 1872 (Feb 2015, age 53). He is currently in the 1800–1850 range. 16 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r7, UASS KM 2025 B r6-7, and Uppsala Mote 2025 std. Also played 3 rapid events (including Bo Nybergs Minnesturnering 2025) recently. He took a 17-month break between Jun 2018 and Dec 2019.

Current rating

1845

Standard

Rpd1855·Blz1879

All-time high

1872

−27 pts below
Feb 2015 · age 53

Activity

20

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#62,807

#62,807 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

13 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+103 Elo)
1760 → 1863
Apr 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 62
Mar 2024
2022
100 career games
at age 60
May 2022
2018
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1793 → returned at 1798
Jun 2018
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 55
Jan 2017
2016
Re-crossed 1800
at age 54
Nov 2016

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Magnus 1955 Eriksson 2,018
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r5-6 · Feb 2026 · +14.5 Elo
Best comeback
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r5-6
finished #3 (seeded #56 of 80)
Evolution
-7
1852 → 1845
Tournaments
10
15 games
Score
7.5/ 1550.0%
5W5D5L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsHenry Bjarnegard1,727·UASS KM 2025 B r6-7·R7·-12.8
2.[L]vsOskar Josefsson1,791·UASS KM 2025 B r2-5·R3·-11.1
3.[L]vsLove Dahlblom Sundin1,861·Uppsala Mote 2025 std·R6·-9.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

10 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r7
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#321701-5.2
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r5-6
Team
Feb 20262/2#32616+20.0
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r4
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#261893+1.6
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:2 r3
Team
Dec 20250/1#431115-8.2
UASS KM 2025 B r6-7
Round-Robin
Dec 20251/2#81776-3.4

Rankings

/
Sweden
#1,243
out of 3,413 players
Europe
#45,898
in continent
World
#62,807
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Sweden
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2
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3
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2,517
4
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2,509
5
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2,489
6
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2,474
7
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2,472
8
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2,460
9
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2,459
10
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2,453
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1243🇸🇪Karlsson, Leif1,845
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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45898🇸🇪Karlsson, Leif1,845
World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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62807🇸🇪Karlsson, Leif1,845