Nyback, Jukka

Jukka Nyback, a 39-year-old Finnish player, is rated 2075 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +24 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 1 Div Group2 9, Matin paivan turnaus 2026 A-ryhma rounds 4-7, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 12-13. Also played 1 rapid event (including Matin paivan turnaus 2026 A-ryhma rounds 1-3) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 14 months (2002–2004), 20 months (2005–2007) and 42 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2167 was reached at age 27 (Mar 2014).

At junior level, he reached #3, #1, #2 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.