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Tiisler, Tanel
🇪🇪FIDE 4504887· Male· Estonia· Born in 1997
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Tanel Tiisler, a 29-year-old Estonian player, is rated 1833 — just 3 short of his peak of 1836 (Nov 2025, age 28). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2016–2017), 23 months (2017–2019) and 13 months (2023–2025). Recent appearances: Tartu Chess Championship 2025 and Gunnar Uusi Memorial 2025. Also played 10 rapid (including XXXV Keres Memorial "Remembering Paul Keres" - Rapid Tournament) and 7 blitz events (including XXXV Keres Memorial "Remembering Paul Keres" - Blitz Tournament) recently. He reached Estonian #51 in Sep 2020.
At junior level, he reached #9 and #11 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1833
Standard
Rpd2006·Blz1951
All-time high
1836
−3 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 28
Nov 2025 · age 28
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#66,305
#66,305 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1836
at age 28 · −3 from today
Nov 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+148 Elo)
1676 → 1824
Jun 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 27
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1706 → returned at 1835
Nov 2023
2020
Peak Estonian rank: #51
at age 23 · rated 1743
Sep 2020
2017
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1741 → returned at 1743
Nov 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-2
1835 → 1833
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
6/ 1060.0%
6W0D4L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/2 | #5 | 2578 | -2.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/3 | #15 | 2793 | +0.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAnder Tiisler
🇪🇪EST·1570
+28 −4 =3
35 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsPavel Vorobjov
🇪🇪EST·2240
+0 −29 =6
35 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsBoris Trohhelev
🇪🇪EST·1969
+5 −15 =4
24 games·last met Aug 2022
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vsSander Lain
🇪🇪EST·1779
+10 −8 =3
21 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMihkel Tomson
🇪🇪EST·1916
+11 −7 =2
20 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Estonia
#71
out of 602 players
Europe
#48,355
in continent
World
#66,304
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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