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Puranen, Jukka
FM🇫🇮FIDE 501000· Male· Finland· Born in 1967
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Jukka Puranen, a 59-year-old Finnish FIDE Master, is rated 2220 and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 17 months (2005–2007), 51 months (2008–2012), 30 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 16 months (2023–2024). Recent appearances: Finnish championship league 2025-2026 1 Div Group2 3-4 and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 1 Div Group2 1-2. His peak of 2319 was reached at age 35 (Apr 2002, Finnish #29 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2001 (age 34).
Current rating
2220
Standard
Rpd2256·Blz—
All-time high
2319
−99 pts below
Apr 2002 · age 35
Apr 2002 · age 35
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 3%
#7,148 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2024
4th Finnish 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 2233
Dec 2024
2023
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2226 → returned at 2231
May 2023
100 career games
at age 56
May 2023
2020
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 2204 → returned at 2207
Mar 2020
2018
6th Finnish 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2254
Jan 2018
2017
5th Finnish 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2261
Nov 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+4
2216 → 2220
Tournaments
2
2 games
Score
1.5/ 275.0%
1W1D0L
Top 1 win
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #10 | 2940 | +8.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #35 | 2053 | -4.4 |
Rankings
/
Finland
#49
out of 813 players
Europe
#4,959
in continent
World
#7,148
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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