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KV
Ketola, Ville
🇫🇮FIDE 503975· Male· Finland· Born in 1975
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Ville Ketola, a 51-year-old Finnish player, is rated 2070 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 42 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group1 7, Finnish championship league 2025-2026 10-11, and Paul Morantin 80-vuotisjuhlaturnaus A. Also played 1 rapid event (including Nopean shakin joukkueiden SM-kilpailu 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 18 months (2008–2009) and 110 months (2015–2025). His peak of 2159 was reached at age 30 (Jan 2005).
Current rating
2070
Standard
Rpd2050·Blz—
All-time high
2159
−89 pts below
Jan 2005 · age 30
Jan 2005 · age 30
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 8%
#18,408 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
16 entries2026
24th Finnish 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2070
May 2026
2025
18th Finnish 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2112
Jul 2025
2016
26th Finnish 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2119
Oct 2016
2015
22nd Finnish 35-40 player
at age 40 · rated 2119
Dec 2015
Inactive for 110 months
paused at 2119 → returned at 2101
Nov 2015
Re-crossed 2100
at age 40
May 2015
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-42
2112 → 2070
Tournaments
7
23 games
Score
12.5/ 2354.3%
9W9D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #11 | 2198 | +3.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #42 | 2750 | +7.6 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #25 | 2154 | +5.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #16 | 1905 | -4.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #1 | 2893 | +11.4 |
Rankings
/
Finland
#169
out of 806 players
Europe
#13,466
in continent
World
#18,408
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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