Top rapid chess players in Finland

The highest-rated active players from Finland on FIDE's October 2026 rapid list.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMTomi Nyback FIN	2571	+10	#167	1985
2	IMToivo Keinanen FIN	2565	0	#181	2002
3	FMHenri Pohjala FIN	2411	0	#996	1992
4	FMOliver Wartiovaara FIN	2402	+9	#1084	2004
5	IMVilka Sipila FIN	2401	−10	#1091	1987
6	IMMikael Agopov FIN	2369	+1	#1418	1978
7	IMMarko Manninen FIN	2338	−5	#1816	1970
8	FMJani Ahvenjarvi FIN	2331	0	#1926	1995
9	IMSampsa Nyysti FIN	2319	−3	#2104	1978
10	FMTommi Luukkonen FIN	2300	−7	#2404	1977
11	IMMikael Nouro FIN	2289		#2584	1972
12	IMPekka Koykka FIN	2287	0	#2619	1990
13	FMTero Kokkila FIN	2271	−40	#2948	1968
14	FMHenri Lahdelma FIN	2262	+5	#3136	2000
15	FMPavel Blinkov FIN	2251	0	#3433	1987
16	FMMikko Kivisto FIN	2245	−2	#3565	1963
17	FMTeemu Virtanen FIN	2244	0	#3578	1999
18	FMAku Salonen FIN	2239	−26	#3706	2008
19	IMPetri Kekki FIN	2236	−9	#3782	1966
20	FMJeff Sarwer FIN	2235	0	#3810	1978
21	Jere Lindholm FIN	2234		#3832	1998
22	FMKalle Niemi FIN	2231	0	#3918	1986
23	FMJari Jarvenpaa FIN	2216	−6	#4330	1981
24	Juhani Lehti FIN	2211		#4486	1973
25	FMJarkko Penttinen FIN	2210	+18	#4523	1972
26	FMEero Valkama FIN	2200	0	#4848	1998
27	FMFrans Valli FIN	2196	0	#4954	1990
28	Samu Ristoja FIN	2195	0	#4974	1985
29	FMErik Ronka FIN	2192	0	#5058	1995
30	FMPatrik Aalto FIN	2187	0	#5156	2004
31	Henri Torkkola FIN	2184	+10	#5212	1993
32	FMKari Pulkkinen FIN	2182		#5260	1966
33	FMMikko Niemi FIN	2182	−18	#5261	1988
34	FMPetri Hokkanen FIN	2178	−76	#5348	1972
35	FMTimo Paakkonen FIN	2163	−8	#5657	1969
36	GMHeikki M.J. Westerinen FIN	2156	0	#5789	1944
37	FMJan Ristoja FIN	2148		#5927	1975
38	FMJussi Kauko FIN	2147	−45	#5937	1976
39	WIMAnastasia Keinanen FIN	2134	0	#6148	2001
40	Martti Helenius FIN	2133	+10	#6151	1963
41	FMJohanna Paasikangas FIN	2120	−20	#6368	1974
42	WIMTanja Tuominen FIN	2026	0	#7353	1979
43	WFMLilja Bederdin FIN	1968	0	#7761	2001
44	WFMSara-Olivia Sippola FIN	1938	+86	#7911	2007
45	Yiming Zhang FIN	1890		#8057	2014

Ratings from FIDE's official October 2026 list. The +/− column is the change from the previous month. Inactive players are not ranked.