Parkkinen, Jyrki

Jyrki Parkkinen, a 58-year-old Finnish Candidate Master, is rated 2092 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2074 and 2104 over the past 2 years. 13 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 10-11, Finnish championship league 2025-2026 6-7, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 4-5. Also played 1 rapid event (including Kai Hietalan 50-vuotisturnaus) recently. His peak of 2276 was reached at age 35 (Oct 2003, Finnish #50 at the time).

Awarded CM in 2020 (age 52).