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Lehtonen, Simo
🇫🇮FIDE 501980· Male· Finland· Born in 1984
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Simo Lehtonen, a 42-year-old Finnish player, is rated 1987 — just 13 short of his peak of 2000 (Nov 2024, age 40). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and took a 12-month break between Sep 2021 and Oct 2022. Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group4 9, Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group4 7-8, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group4 2-5. Also played 1 rapid event (including Kai Hietalan 50-vuotisturnaus) recently.
Current rating
1987
Standard
Rpd2018·Blz1965
All-time high
2000
−13 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 40
Nov 2024 · age 40
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#29,636
#29,636 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
30th Finnish 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2000
Sep 2025
2024
Crossed 2000
at age 40
Nov 2024
All-time peak 2000
at age 40 · −13 from today
Nov 2024
2023
25th Finnish 35-40 player
at age 39 · rated 1996
Oct 2023
2021
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1952 → returned at 1961
Sep 2021
2019
57th Finnish 20-35 player
at age 35 · rated 1966
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-13
2000 → 1987
Tournaments
3
7 games
Score
3/ 742.9%
4W0D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #24 | 1203 | -8.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #10 | 2705 | +8.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 2/3 | #28 | 2078 | -13.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTimo Nisula
🇫🇮FIN·1867
+2 −0 =5
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsTomi Piirto
🇫🇮FIN·1949
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsJukka Peltomaa
🇫🇮FIN·1951
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsJuho Markkanen
🇫🇮FIN·1902
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsMatti Sassi
🇫🇮FIN·1885
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met May 2025
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Rankings
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Finland
#268
out of 813 players
Europe
#21,888
in continent
World
#29,635
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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