Nestor, Kaarel

Kaarel Nestor, a 36-year-old Estonian player, is rated 2138 — just 21 short of his peak of 2159 (Nov 2018, age 28) and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He plays around 4 rated games per year and had 5 career breaks: 25 months (2009–2011), 34 months (2011–2014), 15 months (2014–2015), 22 months (2015–2017) and 40 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included). Also played 2 rapid events (including Tallinn Chess Festival - III Nomme Open) recently. He reached Estonian #27 in Mar 2019.

At junior level, he reached #4, #4 and #3 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.