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Vakeva, Jani

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FIDEFIDE 503525· Male· Finland· Born in 1971

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Jani Vakeva, a 55-year-old Finnish player, is rated 2175 — just 23 short of his peak of 2198 (Mar 2023, age 52) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and had 5 career breaks: 17 months (2002–2004), 17 months (2004–2005), 51 months (2008–2012), 35 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 24 months (2024–2026). Recent appearances: Finnish championship league 2025-2026 1 Div Group2 9 and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 1 Div Group2 8. He reached Finnish #64 in Aug 2023.

Current rating

2175

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2198

−23 pts below
Mar 2023 · age 52

Activity

1

games / yr avg.

2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 4%

#9,590 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

15 entries
2024
15th Finnish 50-55 player
at age 53 · rated 2195
Dec 2024
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 2195 → returned at 2186
Feb 2024
2023
Peak Finnish rank: #64
at age 52 · rated 2198
Aug 2023
All-time peak 2198
at age 52 · −23 from today
Mar 2023
2020
11th Finnish 45-50 player
at age 49 · rated 2194
Oct 2020
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2194 → returned at 2198
Mar 2020

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Evolution
-20
2195 → 2175
Tournaments
2
2 games
Score
0/ 20.0%
0W0D2L
Top wins
No standard wins or draws in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 1 Div Group2 9
Team
Mar 20260/1#561323-10.8
Finnish championship league 2025-2026 1 Div Group2 8
Team
Feb 20260/1#511431-8.8

Rankings

/
Finland
#77
out of 806 players
Europe
#6,797
in continent
World
#9,590
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Finland
1
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2,601
2
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2,503
3
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2,495
4
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2,471
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
...
77🇫🇮Vakeva, Jani2,175
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
6797🇫🇮Vakeva, Jani2,175
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
...
9590🇫🇮Vakeva, Jani2,175