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Nowen, Linus
🇸🇪FIDE 1747649· Male· Sweden· Born in 2001
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Linus Nowen, a 25-year-old Swedish player, is rated 1952 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +93 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include VSF Distriksserie finalspel 2026, Allsvenskan 2025-2026: I:3 r7, and Allsvenskan 2025-2026: I:3 r5-6 feb. Also played 1 rapid (including Vastergotland snabb-DM 2026) and 8 blitz events (including VSF Lagblixt-DM 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #28 and #28 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1952
Standard
Rpd1781·Blz1994
All-time high
1952
at best
Apr 2026 · age 25
Apr 2026 · age 25
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#36,253
#36,253 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
All-time peak 1952
at age 25
Apr 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+173 Elo)
1668 → 1841
Nov 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 23
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1599 → returned at 1605
Nov 2020
28th Swedish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1581
Oct 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+93
1859 → 1952
Tournaments
9
15 games
Score
11/ 1573.3%
10W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2852 | +26.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #13 | 1886 | -1.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #64 | 1377 | -3.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #8 | 2851 | +28.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #29 | 2036 | +3.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #5 | 2103 | +12.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #7 | 2538 | +12.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #14 | 2756 | +12.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #33 | 1900 | +2.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsThomas Bjorklund
🇸🇪SWE·2110
+2 −9 =1
12 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAnders WengholmCM
🇸🇪SWE·2179
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsAnders Kleimark
🇸🇪SWE·2024
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsEva Johansson
🇸🇪SWE·1869
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsHans-Erik Olofsson
🇸🇪SWE·1917
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
/
Sweden
#725
out of 3,410 players
Europe
#26,775
in continent
World
#36,252
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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