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Welling, Jukka

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FIDEFIDE 508918· Male· Finland· Born in 1956

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Jukka Welling, a 70-year-old Finnish player, is rated 1721. He has slipped back 103 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include VSF Distriksserie finalspel 2026, VSF distriktsserie 2025-2026 R56, and Karlstad Open 2025 std. Also played 2 rapid events (including Avenyn Open 2025 rpd) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2016–2017) and 82 months (2017–2024). His peak of 1882 was reached at age 68 (May 2024).

Current rating

1721

Standard

Rpd1853·Blz—

All-time high

1882

−161 pts below
May 2024 · age 68

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#102,322

#102,322 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

13 entries
2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 69
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 69
Mar 2025
2024
26th Finnish 65-70 player
at age 68 · rated 1882
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+91 Elo)
1791 → 1882
May 2024
All-time peak 1882
at age 68 · −161 from today
May 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 68
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Niklas Ivenholt 1,795
VSF distriktsserie 2025-2026 R56 · Jan 2026 · +1.7 Elo
Evolution
-103
1824 → 1721
Tournaments
6
18 games
Score
7/ 1838.9%
4W6D8L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsSven-Ingvar Sundin1,712·Avenyn Open 2025 std·R5·-22.9
2.[L]vsBeibars Dalelkhan1,720·Avenyn Open 2025 std·R8·-22.5
3.[L]vsDaniel Eiserman1,556·Karlstad Open 2025 std·R8·-14.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
VSF Distriksserie finalspel 2026
Team
Mar 20260/2#161050-14.2
VSF distriktsserie 2025-2026 R56
Team
Jan 20261.5/1#542595+1.0
Karlstad Open 2025 std
Open Swiss
Dec 20252.5/5#1061698-17.6
VSF distriktsserie 2025-2026 R34
Team
Nov 20251/2#351770+3.2
VSF distriktsserie 2025-2026 R12
Team
Oct 20251/1#532675-14.0
Worst Elo result: Avenyn Open 2025 std (-61.2 Elo, finished #172).

Rankings

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Finland
#610
out of 806 players
Europe
#72,385
in continent
World
#102,321
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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1
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3
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4
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5
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2,415
6
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2,388
7
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8
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9
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2,344
10
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2,342
...
610🇫🇮Welling, Jukka1,721
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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6
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7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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10
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2,708
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72385🇫🇮Welling, Jukka1,721
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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102321🇫🇮Welling, Jukka1,721