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Salo, Heikki

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FIDEFIDE 500593· Male· Finland· Born in 1965

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Heikki Salo, a 61-year-old Finnish FIDE Master, is rated 2188 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 8 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 14-15, Finnish championship league 2025-2026 12-13, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 10-11. Also played 2 rapid events (including Nopean shakin joukkueiden SM-kilpailu 2025) recently. His peak of 2310 was reached at age 38 (Jul 2003); he also reached Finnish #29 in Dec 2015.

Awarded FM in 2004 (age 39).

Current rating

2188

Standard

Rpd2122·Blz2135

All-time high

2310

−122 pts below
Jul 2003 · age 38

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 4%

#8,828 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

19 entries
2026
6th Finnish 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2188
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 60
Oct 2025
2022
3rd Finnish 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 2248
May 2022
2020
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2232 → returned at 2231
Oct 2020
2016
1st Finnish 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2307
Feb 2016
2015
Peak Finnish rank: #29
at age 50 · rated 2307
Dec 2015

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Petri KekkiIM 2,284
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 Round 1-3 · Sep 2025 · +12.2 Elo
Evolution
-8
2196 → 2188
Tournaments
7
17 games
Score
8.5/ 1750.0%
5W7D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 14-15
Team
Mar 20261/2#562210-0.8
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 12-13
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#7321420.0
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 10-11
Team
Jan 20261/2#452162-0.2
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 6-7
Team
Nov 20251.5/2#142300+6.2
40th European Club Cup (open)
Team
Oct 20252.5/6#4492126-14.0
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 4-5
Team
Sep 20250.5/2#631985-11.0
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 Round 1-3
Team
Sep 20251.5/2#102427+12.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsPekka KoykkaIM
🇫🇮FIN·2323
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met Oct 2023
View head-to-head →
vsPetri KekkiIM
🇫🇮FIN·2270
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2025
View head-to-head →
vsNuutti Sorsa
🇫🇮FIN·2247
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2025
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Finland
#69
out of 813 players
Europe
#6,215
in continent
World
#8,828
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Finland
1
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2,601
2
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2,497
3
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2,495
4
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2,465
5
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2,415
6
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2,388
7
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2,366
8
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2,363
9
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2,344
10
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2,342
...
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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