Format
JN
Jaakkola, Niklas
🇫🇮FIDE 514977· Male· Finland· Born in 2010
Follow Niklas JaakkolaTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Niklas Jaakkola, a 16-year-old Finnish player, is rated 2168 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 5% worldwide. He has slipped back 40 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 10-11, Finnish championship league 2025-2026 6-7, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 4-5. Also played 1 rapid event (including Shakkilinna Young Masters finaaliturnaus (June 2025)) recently. His peak of 2208 was reached at age 15 (Jun 2025, Finnish #59 at the time).
At junior level, he reached World #79 in U12, World #48 in U10, World #63 in U8 and #1 and #1 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
2168
Standard
Rpd1923·Blz2035
All-time high
2208
−40 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 15
Jun 2025 · age 15
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#398 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
14 entries2025
Peak Finnish rank: #59
at age 15 · rated 2208
Jun 2025
1st Finnish U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2208
Jun 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 15
Jun 2025
All-time peak 2208
at age 15 · −40 from today
Jun 2025
2024
Crossed 2100
at age 14
Aug 2024
1st Finnish U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2077
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-35
2203 → 2168
Tournaments
5
13 games
Score
8.5/ 1365.4%
8W1D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #36 | 2940 | +20.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #58 | 2196 | +2.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #104 | 1311 | -21.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #47 | 3033 | +24.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/9 | #7 | 2041 | -60.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMaksim S. Sobolev
🇫🇮FIN·1760
+13 −0 =1
14 games·last met Jun 2025
View head-to-head →
vsPessi HeinoCM
🇫🇮FIN·2160
+7 −3 =2
12 games·last met Jun 2025
View head-to-head →
vsJami Valpas
🇫🇮FIN·2111
+5 −3 =1
9 games·last met Jun 2025
View head-to-head →
vsEeli Asikainen
🇫🇮FIN·2142
+4 −2 =3
9 games·last met Jun 2025
View head-to-head →
vsTuomas Rantala
🇫🇮FIN·1951
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Jun 2025
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Finland
#86
out of 813 players
Europe
#7,143
in continent
World
#10,047
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Finland
| 1 | 🇫🇮Follow Tomi NybackTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,601 |
| 2 | 🇫🇮Follow Mika KarttunenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,497 |
| 3 | 🇫🇮Follow Toivo KeinanenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,495 |
| 4 | 🇫🇮Follow Vilka SipilaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,465 |
| 5 | 🇫🇮Follow Dmitry V. SklyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,415 |
| 6 | 🇫🇮Follow Mikael AgopovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,388 |
| 7 | 🇫🇮Follow Henri LahdelmaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,366 |
| 8 | 🇫🇮Follow Tapani SammalvuoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,363 |
| 9 | 🇫🇮Follow Jani AhvenjarviTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,344 |
| 10 | 🇫🇮Follow Henri PohjalaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,342 |
| ... | ||
| 86 | 2,168 | |
Europe
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 3 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷Follow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,744 |
| 5 | 🇵🇱Follow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,739 |
| 6 | 🇭🇺Follow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,729 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,728 |
| 8 | 🇫🇷Follow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,721 |
| 9 | 🇦🇿Follow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,717 |
| 10 | 🇹🇷Follow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,713 |
| ... | ||
| 7143 | 2,168 | |
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 10047 | 2,168 | |