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Kleist, Axel
🇸🇪FIDE 1764322· Male· Sweden· Born in 2007
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Axel Kleist, a 19-year-old Swedish player, is rated 2158 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +93 Elo over the past 12 months. 46 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Halmsmtads SS KM 2026 r5-6, Paskturneringen 2026 std, and Allsvenskan 2025-2026 S1-kval. Also played 6 rapid (including Avenyn Open 2025 rpd) and 8 blitz events (including Sommarblixt 5 2025 sept) recently.
At junior level, he reached #8, #6 and #23 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2158
Standard
Rpd2014·Blz2261
All-time high
2158
at best
May 2026 · age 19
May 2026 · age 19
Activity
40
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
46 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,696 · players worldwide · of 216,807
Career timeline
12 entries2026
8th Swedish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2158
May 2026
All-time peak 2158
at age 19
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 19
Mar 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
100 career games
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
6th Swedish U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2112
Dec 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+109
2049 → 2158
Tournaments
15
39 games
Score
24.5/ 3962.8%
23W8D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2447 | +3.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/6 | #7 | 2228 | +13.4 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2674 | +3.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #22 | 1490 | -5.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #7 | 2631 | +2.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #2 | 2926 | +10.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/4 | #43 | 2393 | +30.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #10 | 2193 | +1.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #9 | 2624 | +4.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1.5/4 | #132 | 1969 | -31.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMagnus Lindhe
🇸🇪SWE·2078
+11 −6 =3
20 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAnders Hansen
🇸🇪SWE·1621
+16 −1 =0
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMartin Tronsson
🇸🇪SWE·2083
+9 −1 =6
16 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsBogdan Djuric
🇸🇪SWE·1695
+11 −2 =1
14 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLucas Ek
🇸🇪SWE·1867
+10 −1 =2
13 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Sweden
#203
out of 3,415 players
Europe
#7,634
in continent
World
#10,696
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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