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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 1972 — just 20 short of his peak of 1992 (Apr 2025, age 58). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 15 months. 27 rated games in the past year. 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

1972

Standard

Rpd1993·Blz1908

All-time high

1992

−20 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 58

Activity

38

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

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

Signature stat

#32,306

#32,306 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

10 entries
2025
69th Swedish 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 1992
Apr 2025
All-time peak 1992
at age 58 · −20 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

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Marcus Uneson 2,118
Veteran-SM 50plus 2025 · Jun 2025 · +3.9 Elo
Evolution
0
1972 → 1972
Tournaments
11
25 games
Score
14/ 2556.0%
11W6D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJosef Styf2,024·Veteran-SM 50plus 2025·R2·+11.4
2.[W]vsCarl-Oscar Pilstrom1,932·Sthlm Lag-DM 2025-2026 div 3 r5·R5·+8.7
3.[W]vsPatrik Karlsson1,923·Veteran-SM 50plus 2025·R3·+8.5
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJacob 1994 Hagstrom1,798·Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:3 r1 okt·R1·-14.4
2.[L]vsMikael HelinCM1,929·Veteran-SM 50plus 2025·R5·-11.3
3.[L]vsHakan Svensson2,004·Veteran-SM 50plus 2025·R4·-9.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

top 10 of 11
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Kristallens VT 2026 Elo2000 R56
Swiss
Apr 20261/2#91969-2.6
Allsvenskan 2025-2026: II:3 r7
Team
Mar 20261/1#222649+6.8
Kristallens VT 2026 Elo2000 R1234
Swiss
Mar 20260.5/3#151787-10.6
Sthlm Lag-DM 2025-2026 div 3 r5
Team
Feb 20261/1#92732+8.8
Elite Hotels Open 2026 std
Open Swiss
Feb 20262.5/4#501986+2.4

Rankings

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Sweden
#647
out of 3,413 players
Europe
#23,883
in continent
World
#32,306
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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8
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