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Hansson, Markus
🇪🇪FIDE 4505620· Male· Estonia· Born in 2001
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Markus Hansson, a 25-year-old Estonian player, is rated 1938 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +31 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include EST Championship 2026 Preliminary Tournament; U20; S50; S65 Championships, Estonian Team Championship 2026, and 6th Paul Keres Memorial Festival 2025 - Keres Classic Open A. Also played 7 rapid (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: Alexela Cup; 3rd Toomas Virro memorial in rapid chess) and 6 blitz events (including Tallinn Chess Festival - III TalTech Blitz) recently. He took a 14-month break between May 2017 and Aug 2018. He reached Estonian #50 in Feb 2023.
At junior level, he reached #7, #7, #8 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1938
Standard
Rpd2049·Blz2034
All-time high
1938
at best
Apr 2026 · age 25
Apr 2026 · age 25
Activity
43
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#39,212
#39,212 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 1938
at age 25
Apr 2026
2023
Peak Estonian rank: #50
at age 22 · rated 1813
Feb 2023
Best 12-month gain (+165 Elo)
1648 → 1813
Feb 2023
Crossed 1800
at age 22
Feb 2023
2021
7th Estonian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1662
Dec 2021
100 career games
at age 20
Sep 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
6th Paul Keres Memorial Festival 2025 - Keres Classic Open Aperf 1981 (+64) · 3.5/9 · #63
Top opponent
Evolution
+31
1907 → 1938
Tournaments
3
19 games
Score
11/ 1957.9%
9W4D6L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsHans-Ulrich Oestreicher1,976·6th Paul Keres Memorial Festival 2025 - Keres Classic Open A·R7·+11.7
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsKristaps KrustkalnsFM2,098·6th Paul Keres Memorial Festival 2025 - Keres Classic Open A·R3·-5.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/6 | #19 | 1954 | +7.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/4 | #6 | 2082 | +13.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/9 | #63 | 1981 | +10.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsGeorg Aleksander Pedoson
🇪🇪EST·2248
+1 −14 =2
17 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMathias Robert Uibokant
🇪🇪EST·1976
+2 −8 =6
16 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsNikita RychagovFM
🇪🇪EST·2295
+1 −11 =1
13 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsTormi KullCM
🇪🇪EST·2127
+4 −5 =3
12 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsIgor ShvyrjovGM
🇪🇪EST·2308
+3 −7 =1
11 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Estonia
#53
out of 602 players
Europe
#28,956
in continent
World
#39,211
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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