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Ljung, Rickard

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FIDEFIDE 1740156· Male· Sweden· Born in 1967

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Rickard Ljung, a 59-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1962 — just 30 short of his peak of 1992 (Apr 2025, age 58). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 16 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kristallens VT 2026 Elo2000 R56, Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:3 r7, and Sthlm Lag-DM 2025-2026 div 3 r5. Also played 1 rapid (including Elite Hotels Open 2026 rpd) and 1 blitz events (including Kristallens varblixt 2026) recently.

Current rating

1962

Standard

Rpd1993·Blz1908

All-time high

1992

30 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 58

Activity

38

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#34,235

#34,235 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2025
69th Swedish 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 1992
Apr 2025
All-time peak 1992
at age 58 · −30 from today
Apr 2025
2022
84th Swedish 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 1984
Oct 2022
100 career games
at age 55
May 2022
2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1917 → returned at 1929
Mar 2020
2017
Best 12-month gain (+183 Elo)
1740 → 1923
Nov 2017

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Marcus Uneson 2,118
Veteran-SM 50plus 2025 · Jun 2025 · +3.9 Elo
Evolution
-10
19721962
Tournaments
11
25 games
Score
13/ 2552.0%
10W6D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses

Last 12 months — tournaments

11 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
May 20260/1#131193-10.0
Swiss
Apr 20261/2#91969-2.6
Team
Mar 20261/1#222649+6.8
Swiss
Mar 20260.5/3#151787-10.6
Team
Feb 20261/1#92732+8.8
Open Swiss
Feb 20262.5/4#501986+2.4
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#541912-1.4
Team
Jan 20261/1#162527+3.6
Team
Dec 20251/1#172545+3.6
Team
Oct 20250/1#42998-14.4

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Sweden
#691
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#25,304
in continent
World
#34,234
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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2,460
8
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10
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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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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9
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34234🇸🇪Ljung, Rickard1,962