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Heinmets, Tonu
🇪🇪FIDE 4500962· Male· Estonia· Born in 1991
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Tonu Heinmets, a 35-year-old Estonian player, is rated 1987 — just 2 short of his peak of 1989 (Nov 2025, age 34). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 4 years. 12 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent appearances: EST Championship 2026 Preliminary Tournament; U20; S50; S65 Championships and Gunnar Uusi Memorial 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including XXXV Keres Memorial "Remembering Paul Keres" - Rapid Tournament) and 12 blitz events (including XXXV Keres Memorial "Remembering Paul Keres" - Blitz Tournament) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 81 months (2008–2015), 61 months (2016–2021, COVID-19 included), 19 months (2022–2024) and 18 months (2024–2025). He reached Estonian #36 in Jan 2023.
At junior level, he reached #5 nationally in U18.
Current rating
1987
Standard
Rpd2013·Blz2059
All-time high
1989
−2 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 34
Nov 2025 · age 34
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#29,636
#29,636 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
All-time peak 1989
at age 34 · −2 from today
Nov 2025
2024
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1969 → returned at 1989
Apr 2024
2023
Peak Estonian rank: #36
at age 32 · rated 1951
Jan 2023
2022
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1951 → returned at 1969
Aug 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 30
Oct 2021
2016
Inactive for 61 months
paused at 1886 → returned at 1948
Aug 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+18
1969 → 1987
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
9/ 1275.0%
9W0D3L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsRamon Magi1,840·EST Championship 2026 Preliminary Tournament; U20; S50; S65 Championships·R4·+6.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAlexis Miriam Reren1,581·EST Championship 2026 Preliminary Tournament; U20; S50; S65 Championships·R1·-18.2
2.[L]vsDaniil ShnurovCM2,214·EST Championship 2026 Preliminary Tournament; U20; S50; S65 Championships·R5·-4.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/7 | #8 | 1935 | -2.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 2106 | +20.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRuslan Mironov
🇪🇪EST·1993
+4 −6 =0
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsJakob Sutt
🇪🇪EST·1540
+8 −1 =0
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsHans-Georg Koosel
🇪🇪EST·1907
+8 −1 =0
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKalev Mand
🇪🇪EST
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsGerret Jaaniste
🇪🇪EST·1703
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Estonia
#44
out of 602 players
Europe
#21,888
in continent
World
#29,635
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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