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Pihlajamaki, Niklas
🇫🇮FIDE 519308· Male· Finland· Born in 2014
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Niklas Pihlajamaki, a 12-year-old Finnish player, is rated 1785 — just 12 short of his peak of 1797 (Apr 2026, age 12). He is on a steady climb with +63 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Akaan Shakin viikonlopputurnaus 2026 A-ryhma, HSL Paasiaisturnaus 2026 Avoin-ryhma, and Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group2 8. Also played 3 rapid (including Matin paivan turnaus 2026 B-ryhma rounds 1-3) and 2 blitz events (including Nuorten pikashakin JSM 2026, U16) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #10 in U8 and #3 and #2 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1785
Standard
Rpd1781·Blz1802
All-time high
1797
−12 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 12
Apr 2026 · age 12
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#81,083
#81,083 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1797
at age 12 · −12 from today
Apr 2026
3rd Finnish U12 player
at age 12 · rated 1788
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+211 Elo)
1539 → 1750
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 10
Mar 2024
2023
2nd Finnish U10 player
at age 9 · rated 1545
Jan 2023
2022
10th U8 player worldwide
at age 8 · rated 1641
Nov 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+87
1698 → 1785
Tournaments
7
32 games
Score
17.5/ 3254.7%
12W12D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/4 | #24 | 1742 | -11.6 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/6 | #16 | 1792 | -0.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #18 | 1149 | -11.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/4 | #6 | 1858 | +14.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/4 | #7 | 2620 | +5.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #3 | 1976 | +49.6 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/3 | #6 | 2621 | +40.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMehr Bhaumik
🇫🇮FIN·1731
+5 −1 =8
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsZakhar Zyuzin
🇫🇮FIN
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met May 2025
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vsMax Nyberg
🇫🇮FIN·1448
+5 −0 =2
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsRayan Mashhadi Aghajan
🇫🇮FIN·2116
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsNiklas Krok
🇫🇮FIN·1684
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Finland
#548
out of 813 players
Europe
#58,482
in continent
World
#81,081
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Europe
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World
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