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Kulaots, Kaido
GM🇪🇪FIDE 4500261· Male· Estonia· Born in 1976
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Kaido Kulaots, a 50-year-old Estonian Grandmaster, is rated 2459 and sitting in the top 1% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 45 Elo over the past 12 months. 41 rated games in the past year (≈82/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 12-13, 2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Januar 2026, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 10-11. Also played 4 rapid (including VI Coop Saaremaa Chess Festival - Rapid Tournament) and 3 blitz events (including Tallinn Chess Festival - III TalTech Blitz) recently. His peak of 2609 was reached at age 35 (Jul 2011); he also reached World #133 in Oct 2004 and spent 206 months as Estonian #1, with a longest streak of 9 consecutive years.
Awarded GM in 2001 (age 25) and IM in 2001 (age 25).
Current rating
2459
Standard
Rpd2479·Blz2458
All-time high
2609
−150 pts below
Jul 2011 · age 35
Jul 2011 · age 35
Activity
82
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#925 · players worldwide · of 216,808
206 months in #1 nationally (2001–2026)
206 months in #1 nationally (2001–2026)
Career timeline
19 entries2026
206 months in National #1
longest streak 108 months · since Jul 2001
Jan 2026
2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 47
Sep 2023
Re-crossed 2500
at age 47
May 2023
2022
19th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 46 · rated 2543
Jul 2022
2018
20th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 42 · rated 2591
Jan 2018
2014
1,000 career games
at age 38
Dec 2014
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-45
2504 → 2459
Tournaments
10
41 games
Score
24/ 4158.5%
13W22D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #32 | 2539 | +2.5 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #26 | 2677 | +5.1 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #48 | 2525 | +1.7 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/9 | #87 | 2193 | -32.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #13 | 2454 | -0.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/3 | #19 | 2493 | +0.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/9 | #16 | 2424 | -7.9 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/2 | #75 | 2193 | -7.9 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #50 | 3180 | +3.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #10 | 2328 | -8.9 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAleksandr VolodinGM
🇪🇪EST·2470
+16 −6 =14
36 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsTarvo SeemanIM
🇪🇪EST·2356
+11 −3 =21
35 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsMeelis KanepGM
🇪🇪EST·2369
+1 −1 =29
31 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsAndrei ShishkovIM
🇪🇪EST·2356
+19 −4 =4
27 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsNormunds MiezisGM
🇱🇻LAT·2418
+7 −6 =13
26 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
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Estonia
#2
out of 582 players
Europe
#554
in continent
World
#925
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Estonia
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| 2 | 2,459 | |
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