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Heino, Pessi
CM🇫🇮FIDE 517011· Male· Finland· Born in 2010
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Pessi Heino, a 16-year-old Finnish Candidate Master, is rated 2160 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +56 Elo over the past 12 months. 78 rated games in the past year (≈28/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 47. Kalakukkoturnaus Ryhma-B, 47. Kalakukkoturnaus Ryhma-A, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 14-15. Also played 1 rapid (including Shakkilinna Young Masters -finaaliturnaus, syksy 2025) and 2 blitz events (including XXXIII Heart of Finland Open, Blitz) recently. His peak of 2201 was reached at age 15 (Oct 2025, Finnish #63 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 15). At junior level, he reached #1, #4, #4 and #3 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2160
Standard
Rpd1908·Blz1990
All-time high
2201
−41 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 15
Oct 2025 · age 15
Activity
52
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
74 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#419 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
15 entries2026
1st Finnish U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2196
Jan 2026
2025
Peak Finnish rank: #63
at age 15 · rated 2201
Oct 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 15
Oct 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 15
Oct 2025
All-time peak 2201
at age 15 · −41 from today
Oct 2025
Best 12-month gain (+363 Elo)
1820 → 2183
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+9
2151 → 2160
Tournaments
16
67 games
Score
40.5/ 6760.4%
31W19D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/4 | #6 | 2118 | -12.8 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/4 | #5 | 2118 | -12.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #27 | 2257 | +10.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/2 | #50 | 1977 | -23.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #8 | 2165 | -5.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #77 | 2063 | -12.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/7 | #2 | 2200 | +8.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #3 | 2267 | +28.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #68 | 1370 | -18.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/4 | #2 | 2376 | +36.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNiklas Jaakkola
🇫🇮FIN·2168
+3 −7 =2
12 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsMaksim S. Sobolev
🇫🇮FIN·1760
+11 −0 =0
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsAku SalonenFM
🇫🇮FIN·2247
+1 −9 =1
11 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsPyry Pajarinen
🇫🇮FIN·1696
+9 −1 =0
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsMikke Vesa
🇫🇮FIN·2142
+5 −1 =4
10 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Finland
#92
out of 813 players
Europe
#7,531
in continent
World
#10,566
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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