In the last list of the top Chess players we published, we ranked the best Hong Konger Chess players. Now in this article, we’re ranking the ten best Finn Chess players from Finland, ranked from FIDE. All of the players in this list are master level players with Elo ratings above 2200. For more information on ratings, see the guide on how to get a FIDE rating.
10. Sampsa Nyysti
Full Name: Sampsa Nyysti
Title: International Master
Born: January 1, 1978
Federation: Finland
Ratings
World ranking: 2706
Rapid: 2304
Blitz: N/A
Classical: 2363
Profiles
Sampsa Nyysti was accredited with the title of International Master in 2012 and the FIDE Master title in 2012. From 2004 to 2022, he competed in 882 games; with 340 wins, 263 draws, and 279 losses accumulating an average winning score of 53.46 percent. He has since played in various tournaments, most notably; the ch-FIN 2022 in Finland, 23rd European Teams 2021 in Slovenia, 54th Ilmar Raud Mem 2020 in Estonia, and the Mestarit Areenalla 2020 in Finland.
9. Jussi Tella
Full Name: Jussi Tella
Title: International Master
Born: January 1, 1971
Federation: Finland
Ratings
World ranking: 1882
Rapid: N/A
Blitz: N/A
Classical: 2402
Profiles
Jussi Tella was accorded the International Master title in 1999. From 1987 to 2013, he competed in a total of 487 games; with 192 wins, 211 draws, and 84 losses accumulating an average winning score of 61.09 percent. He played in various notable tournaments, including; TCh-FIN SM 2013, TCh-FIN SM-Liiga 2011, TCh-FIN SM-Liiga 2011, and TCh-FIN 2010-11 all being played in Finland.
8. Vilka Sipila
Full Name: Vilka Sipila
Title: International Master
Born: January 1, 1987
Federation: Finland
Ratings
World ranking: 1645
Rapid: 2416
Blitz: 2329
Classical: 2416
Profiles
Vilka Sipila was accorded the title of International Master in 2012 and the FIDE Master title in 2011. From 2003 to 2022, he played 338 games; with 145 wins, 61 draws, and 132 losses accumulating an average winning score of 51.92 percent. Some of the tournaments he last played include; ch-FIN 2022 in Finland, European Blitz 2019 in Estonia, European Rapid 2019 in Estonia, 22nd European, and the Teams 2019 in Georgia.
7. Tapani Sammalvuo
Full Name: Tapani Sammalvuo
Title: Candidate Master
Born: January 1, 1975
Federation: Finland
Ratings
World ranking: 1644
Rapid: 2417
Blitz: 2505
Classical: 2416
Profiles
Tapani Sammalvuo was accorded the title of International Master in 1997 and became a FIDE Trainer in 2020. From 1988 to 2022 he has played in a total of 1338 games; 573 wins, 443 draws, and 322 losses accounting for a winning score of 59.38 percent. some of the tournaments he last played include; TCh-ISL Premier 2021-22 in Iceland, 36th ECC Open 2021 in Macedonia, EtVaS CC Round Robin 2020 in Finland, and TCh-FIN 2018-19 in Finland.
6. Daniel Ebeling
Full Name: Daniel Ebeling
Title: International Master
Born: January 1, 1996
Federation: Finland
Ratings
World ranking: 1130
Rapid: 2416
Blitz: 2356
Classical: 2455
Profiles
Daniel Ebeling was accorded the International Master title in 2014 and the FIDE Master title in 2012. In the 114 games, he played from 2011 to 2019, he won 42, drew 48, and lost 24, thus earning a winning score of 57.89 percent. Among the last tournaments, he played include; TCh-FIN 2018-19 in Finland, 21st European Teams in Greece, TCh-FIN 2017-1 in Finland, and ch-FIN 2017 in Finland.
5. Mikael Agopov
Full Name: Mikael Agopov
Title: International Master
Born: March 5, 1978
Federation: Finland
Ratings
World ranking: 1126
Rapid: 2346
Blitz: N/A
Classical: 2455
Profiles
Mikael Agopov was accorded the International Master title in 1999. He has a FIDE rating of 2455 as of July 2022 and a Peak rating of 2465 as of June 2015. He clinched the Finland Chess Championship on three occasions- 2018, 2015 & 2011. From 1987 to 2022 he has played in a total of 978 games; 397 wins, 300 draws, and 281 losses accounting for a winning score of 55.93 percent. some of the tournaments he last played include ch-FIN 2022 in Finland, 23rd European Teams 2021 in Slovenia, ch-FIN 2021 in Finland, and 2nd Bundesliga Nord 19-20 in Germany.
4. Dmitry V. Sklyarov
Full Name: Dmitry V. Sklyarov
Title: International Master
Born: January 1, 1983
Federation: Finland
Ratings
World ranking: 929
Rapid: 2422
Blitz: 2446
Classical: 2474
Profiles
Dmitry V. Sklyarov was granted the title of International Master in 2017 in 2012 and the FIDE Master title in 2006. He has a FIDE rating of 2474 and a Peak rating of 2488. In 2021, he advanced to the chess World cup but was eliminated in the initial attempt by Vasif Durarbayli, From 2000 to 2021 he played a total of 61 tournaments; with 21 wins, 22 draws, and 18 losses accumulating to an average winning score of 52.46 percent. He has competed in some notable tournaments such as FIDE World Cup 2021 in Russian Federation, TCh-FIN 2019-20, TCh-FIN 2018-19, and TCh-FIN 2017-18 in Finland.
3. Toivo Keinanen
Full Name: Toivo Keinanen
Title: International Master
Born: January 1, 2002
Federation: Finland
Ratings
World ranking: 891
Rapid: 2466
Blitz: 2458
Classical: 2477
Profiles
Toivo Keinanen was granted the International Master title in 2019 and the FIDE Master title in 2016. He has competed in a total of 138 tournaments from 2015 to 2021; for which he achieved 50 wins, 50 draws, and 38 losses accumulating an average winning score of 54.35 percent. Notable tournaments he recently competed in include ch-FIN 2021 in Finland, 49th Rilton Cup 2019-20, Northwest Cup Final A 2019, and 48th Rilton Cup 2018-19.
2. Mika Karttunen
Full Name: Mika Karttunen
Title: International Master
Born: May 30, 1981
Federation: Finland
Ratings
World ranking: 831
Rapid: 2395
Blitz: 2343
Classical: 2484
Profiles
Mika Karttunen was accorded the title of International Master title in 2001 and the authorization of being a FIDE trainer in 2017. He emerged victorious on seven occasions in the Finnish championship ( 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2014). In addition, he has represented his country in seven chess Olympiads and became a silver medalist in the European Chess Club Tournament.
1. Tomi Nyback
Full Name: Tomi Nyback
Title: Grandmaster
Born: April 3, 1985
Federation: Finland
Ratings
World ranking: 332
Rapid: 2555
Blitz: 2556
Classical: 2566
Profiles
Tomi Nyback was accorded the title of Grandmaster in 2003 and the title of International Master in 2001. As of July 2022, his FIDE rating was 2566 while his Peak rating was at 2656 as of March 2011. Tomi triumphed in the 2008 Finnish Chess Championship. He triumphed in the U18 European Championship, by bagging a bronze award. He was the runner-up in the 2008 European Individual Chess Tournament and hence was able to advance to the 2009 Chess World Cup.
I hope you liked this list of the best Finn Chess players. If you like list posts like this, you may also be interested in seeing the ten best Czech Chess players or the best Mongolian Chess players.
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