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Saaskilahti, Lauri
🇫🇮FIDE 513652· Male· Finland· Born in 1997
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Lauri Saaskilahti, a 29-year-old Finnish player, is rated 1957 — just 16 short of his peak of 1973 (Mar 2024, age 27). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 17 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 14-15, Finnish championship league 2025-2026 10-11, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group2 5. He took a 71-month break between Feb 2017 and Feb 2023.
At junior level, he reached #7 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1957
Standard
Rpd1923·Blz—
All-time high
1973
−16 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 27
Mar 2024 · age 27
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#35,238
#35,238 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 27
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+67 Elo)
1906 → 1973
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1973
at age 27 · −16 from today
Mar 2024
2023
38th Finnish 20-35 player
at age 26 · rated 1966
Nov 2023
2017
7th Finnish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1952
Oct 2017
Crossed 1800
at age 20
Feb 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-12
1969 → 1957
Tournaments
8
18 games
Score
7.5/ 1841.7%
6W3D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #34 | 1960 | 0.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/2 | #88 | 1305 | -12.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #19 | 926 | -15.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #3 | 2170 | +22.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #10 | 2114 | +3.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #93 | 1250 | -7.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/2 | #57 | 1883 | -4.6 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/5 | #9 | 1993 | +2.4 |
Rankings
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Finland
#314
out of 813 players
Europe
#26,046
in continent
World
#35,237
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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