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Backstrom, Viggo

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FIDEFIDE 1739719· Male· Sweden· Born in 2003

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Viggo Backstrom, a 23-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1851 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and took a 42-month break between Jan 2022 and Aug 2025. Recent appearance: WE I 2025 grp 4.

At junior level, he reached #18, #17, #25 and #43 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

1851

Standard

Rpd1779·Blz1779

All-time high

1851

at best
Aug 2025 · age 22

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#61,170

#61,170 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2025
All-time peak 1851
at age 22
Aug 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 21
Mar 2024
2022
18th Swedish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1731
Apr 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
Inactive for 42 months
paused at 1731 → returned at 1851
Jan 2022
2020
17th Swedish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1747
Oct 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
WE I 2025 grp 4
perf 1924 (+73) · 3/5 · #4
Top opponent
vs Sanna Eriksson 1,867
WE I 2025 grp 4 · Jun 2025 · +0.5 Elo
Evolution
+12
1839 → 1851
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3/ 560.0%
2W2D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMorris Bergqvist1,859·WE I 2025 grp 4·R2·+10.2
2.[W]vsJohan Sundell1,853·WE I 2025 grp 4·R5·+10.1
3.[D]vsSanna Eriksson1,867·WE I 2025 grp 4·R1·+0.5
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsMax Markensten1,865·WE I 2025 grp 4·R3·-9.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
WE I 2025 grp 4
Swiss
Jun 20253/5#41924+12.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsJacob Harlin
🇸🇪SWE·1972
+4 −3 =2
9 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsAnders Astrom
🇸🇪SWE·1685
+5 −3 =0
8 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsKent Bjorkbom
🇸🇪SWE·1989
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsJan Englund
🇸🇪SWE·1636
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2020
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vsTimo Heino
🇸🇪SWE·1876
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Aug 2021
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Rankings

/
Sweden
#1,218
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#44,759
in continent
World
#61,169
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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6
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7
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10
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1218🇸🇪Backstrom, Viggo1,851
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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5
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6
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7
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8
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2,721
9
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10
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44759🇸🇪Backstrom, Viggo1,851
World
1
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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61169🇸🇪Backstrom, Viggo1,851