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Valkama, Eero
FM🇫🇮FIDE 507555· Male· Finland· Born in 1998
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Eero Valkama, a 28-year-old Finnish FIDE Master, is rated 2194 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 9 months. 35 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 14-15, Finnish championship league 2025-2026 12-13, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 10-11. Also played 3 rapid (including Nopean shakin joukkueiden SM-kilpailu 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Pikashakin SM 2026) recently. His peak of 2312 was reached at age 25 (May 2023); he also reached Finnish #16 in Nov 2023.
Awarded FM in 2019 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #2, #2, #1, #4 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2194
Standard
Rpd2166·Blz2182
All-time high
2312
−118 pts below
May 2023 · age 25
May 2023 · age 25
Activity
35
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
35 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#8,511 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2025
500 career games
at age 27
Dec 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 26
Mar 2024
2023
Peak Finnish rank: #16
at age 25 · rated 2310
Nov 2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 25
Oct 2023
Crossed 2300
at age 25
May 2023
All-time peak 2312
at age 25 · −118 from today
May 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-18
2212 → 2194
Tournaments
8
35 games
Score
16/ 3545.7%
9W14D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #24 | 2423 | +12.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #70 | 2017 | -9.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #65 | 2310 | +3.8 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 4.5/9 | #3 | 2264 | +24.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #47 | 1955 | -11.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #99 | 1350 | -11.2 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 2.5/9 | #9 | 2083 | -32.4 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2206 | +4.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVilka SipilaIM
🇫🇮FIN·2465
+3 −9 =1
13 games·last met May 2026
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vsToivo KeinanenIM
🇫🇮FIN·2495
+0 −8 =0
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsTommi LuukkonenFM
🇫🇮FIN·2230
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsTeemu Topi-HulmiFM
🇫🇮FIN·2205
+0 −1 =6
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsHenri LahdelmaFM
🇫🇮FIN·2366
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met May 2025
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Rankings
/
Finland
#63
out of 813 players
Europe
#5,979
in continent
World
#8,511
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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