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Kosberg, Ivar
🇳🇴FIDE 1511920· Male· Norway· Born in 1962
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Ivar Kosberg, a 64-year-old Norwegian player, is rated 1835 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 16 months (2015–2017) and 18 months (2023–2025). Recent appearance: Landsturneringen 2025 Kl 1.
Current rating
1835
Standard
Rpd1829·Blz1770
All-time high
1835
at best
Aug 2025 · age 63
Aug 2025 · age 63
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#65,713
#65,713 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
33rd Norwegian 60-65 player
at age 63 · rated 1835
Sep 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 63
Aug 2025
All-time peak 1835
at age 63
Aug 2025
100 career games
at age 63
Aug 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+112 Elo)
1677 → 1789
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1648 → returned at 1793
Aug 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+38
1797 → 1835
Most-Played Opponents
vsHakon Bentsen
🇳🇴NOR
+1 −12 =2
15 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsTor Wetle Hoem
🇳🇴NOR·1923
+5 −7 =1
13 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsBjorn Robert Lovoll Unhjem
🇳🇴NOR·2013
+2 −9 =0
11 games·last met Oct 2020
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vsOyvind Brunvoll
🇳🇴NOR·1802
+4 −6 =0
10 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsHarald Isachsen
🇳🇴NOR·1787
+5 −0 =4
9 games·last met Mar 2019
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Rankings
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Norway
#616
out of 2,669 players
Europe
#47,945
in continent
World
#65,712
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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