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Lehtinen, Helja
🇫🇮FIDE 515566· Female· Finland· Born in 2003
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Helja Lehtinen, a 23-year-old Finnish player, is rated 1995 — her current career high. She is progressing steadily with +46 Elo over the past 12 months. 35 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Naisten SM 2026, Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group2 8, and Matin paivan turnaus 2026 A-ryhma rounds 4-7. Also played 1 rapid event (including Matin paivan turnaus 2026 A-ryhma rounds 1-3) recently.
At junior level, she reached #4, #3 and #4 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1995
Standard
Rpd1891·Blz1901
All-time high
1995
at best
Jun 2026 · age 23
Jun 2026 · age 23
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#28,280
#28,280 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
45th Finnish 20-35 player
at age 23 · rated 1995
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1995
at age 23
Jun 2026
2022
100 career games
at age 19
May 2022
4th Finnish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1909
Apr 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2020
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1877 → returned at 1871
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+46
1949 → 1995
Tournaments
9
31 games
Score
17/ 3154.8%
12W10D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 2/4 | #11 | 2146 | +16.4 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #4 | 2007 | +14.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #7 | 2498 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/4 | #27 | 1938 | -1.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #4 | 2780 | +10.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #23 | 1161 | -10.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/8 | #86 | 1987 | +5.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #2 | 2426 | +2.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1.5/2 | #6 | 2027 | +4.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsAnastasia KeinanenWIM
🇫🇮FIN·2259
+0 −5 =3
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsHeini Rinne
🇫🇮FIN·1879
+3 −0 =3
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsLilja BederdinWFM
🇫🇮FIN·2124
+0 −4 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSarabella Norlamo
🇫🇮FIN·1921
+0 −2 =4
6 games·last met Apr 2023
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Rankings
/
Finland
#261
out of 813 players
Europe
#20,900
in continent
World
#28,280
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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