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Ljung, Rickard
🇸🇪FIDE 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
Apr 2025 · age 58
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#34,235
#34,235 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
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
Evolution
-10
1972 → 1962
Tournaments
11
25 games
Score
13/ 2552.0%
10W6D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 0/1 | #13 | 1193 | -10.0 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #9 | 1969 | -2.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #22 | 2649 | +6.8 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0.5/3 | #15 | 1787 | -10.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #9 | 2732 | +8.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/4 | #50 | 1986 | +2.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #54 | 1912 | -1.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #16 | 2527 | +3.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #17 | 2545 | +3.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #42 | 998 | -14.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGustav Dingertz
🇸🇪SWE·2101
+5 −3 =0
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLars WalinderFM
🇸🇪SWE·2186
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsLo Ljungros
🇸🇪SWE·2138
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDavid 1968 Larsson
🇸🇪SWE·1984
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsLeo CrevatinFM
🇸🇪SWE·2242
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Sweden
#691
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#25,304
in continent
World
#34,234
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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