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Petersson, Baldur Teodor
CM🇸🇪FIDE 2309157· Male· Sweden· Born in 2001
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Baldur Teodor Petersson, a 25-year-old Swedish Candidate Master, is rated 2166 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 3 years. 12 rated games in the past year (≈46/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7, Sthlm Lag-DM 2025-2026 div 2 r5, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4. Also played 1 blitz event (including Le Kock motarodin - November 2025) recently. His peak of 2255 was reached at age 18 (Aug 2019).
Competes for Sweden since May 2012. Awarded CM in 2017 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #4, #4, #4, #2, #2 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2166
Standard
Rpd2130·Blz2118
All-time high
2255
−89 pts below
Aug 2019 · age 18
Aug 2019 · age 18
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,150 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
23 entries2022
27th Swedish 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2242
Mar 2022
2021
4th Swedish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2247
Dec 2021
2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2020
2019
4th Swedish U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2255
Aug 2019
Crossed 2200
at age 18
Aug 2019
All-time peak 2255
at age 18 · −89 from today
Aug 2019
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+1
2165 → 2166
Tournaments
7
12 games
Score
8/ 1266.7%
6W4D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBenedikt Thorisson2,037·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7·R5·+6.4
2.[W]vsPetur Atli Larusson2,026·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R2·+6.2
3.[W]vsGudrun Fanney BriemWCM1,998·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R1·+5.5
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #7 | 2343 | +11.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #42 | 1224 | -13.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #16 | 2777 | +6.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/4 | #5 | 2287 | +9.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #26 | 2052 | -3.2 |
Rankings
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Sweden
#186
out of 3,413 players
Europe
#7,226
in continent
World
#10,150
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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