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Laire, Miika
🇫🇮FIDE 516490· Male· Finland· Born in 1981
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Miika Laire, a 45-year-old Finnish player, is rated 1775 — just 5 short of his peak of 1780 (Sep 2025, age 44). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2019–2020, COVID-19 included) and 28 months (2021–2024). Recent standard appearances include Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group2 4, Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group3 1-2, and Klassisen shakin kesaturnaus Kangasalla 2025 Group B.
Current rating
1775
Standard
Rpd1767·Blz—
All-time high
1780
−5 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 44
Sep 2025 · age 44
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#84,140
#84,140 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2025
All-time peak 1780
at age 44 · −5 from today
Sep 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+147 Elo)
1632 → 1779
Mar 2024
2022
37th Finnish 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 1632
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1632 → returned at 1779
Oct 2021
47th Finnish 35-40 player
at age 40 · rated 1669
Sep 2021
2019
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1639 → returned at 1669
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+4
1771 → 1775
Tournaments
3
6 games
Score
3.5/ 658.3%
3W1D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #11 | 1966 | +9.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #24 | 1095 | -13.6 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3/3 | #4 | 2483 | +8.4 |
Rankings
/
Finland
#557
out of 806 players
Europe
#60,518
in continent
World
#84,139
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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World
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