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Petursson, Margeir

GM🇮🇸

FIDEFIDE 2300028· Male· Iceland· Born in 1960

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Margeir Petursson, a 66-year-old Icelandic Grandmaster, is rated 2393 and ranked 13th among Icelandic players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2350 and 2400 for 7 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10 and EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - OPEN cat. 65 plus. He had 2 career breaks: 111 months (2003–2012) and 23 months (2012–2014). His peak of 2543 was reached at age 41 (Jan 2001, World #253 at the time); he spent 35 months in Icelandic top 5, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 41).

Current rating

2393

Standard

Rpd2334·Blz2321

All-time high

2543

−150 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 41

Activity

32

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

21 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#13

#13 · Icelandic players · of 451
35 months in National top 5 (2001–2017)

Career timeline

19 entries
2026
22nd 65-70 player worldwide
at age 66 · rated 2393
Jun 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2400
at age 64
Aug 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2400
at age 63
Oct 2023
2022
20th 60-65 player worldwide
at age 62 · rated 2450
Jul 2022
2021
100 career games
at age 61
Oct 2021
2017
35 months in national top 5
longest streak 28 months · since Jan 2001
Oct 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Dagur ArngrimssonIM 2,370
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10 · Mar 2026 · +4.8 Elo
Evolution
-12
2405 → 2393
Tournaments
3
21 games
Score
14.5/ 2169.0%
11W7D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2026 - Open S65
Team
Apr 20266/8#212435+5.7
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10
Team
Mar 20263/4#112481+4.9
EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - OPEN cat. 65 plus
Open Swiss
Sep 20255.5/9#192166-22.5
Worst Elo result: EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - OPEN cat. 65 plus (-22.5 Elo, finished #19).

Most-Played Opponents

vsThrostur ThorhallssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2397
+1 −0 =7
8 games·last met Aug 2020
View head-to-head →
vsDagur RagnarssonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2388
+2 −1 =4
7 games·last met Dec 2024
View head-to-head →
vsBragi ThorfinnssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2370
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Mar 2026
View head-to-head →
vsGudmundur KjartanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2395
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Mar 2021
View head-to-head →

Rankings

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Iceland
#13
out of 643 players
Europe
#1,143
in continent
World
#1,797
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Iceland
1
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2,540
2
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2,502
3
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2,467
4
🇮🇸Danielsen, HenrikFollow Henrik DanielsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,466
5
🇮🇸Olafsson, HelgiFollow Helgi OlafssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,447
6
🇮🇸Gretarsson, Helgi AssFollow Helgi Ass GretarssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,420
7
🇮🇸Stefansson, HannesFollow Hannes StefanssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,419
8
🇮🇸Gunnarsson, Jon ViktorFollow Jon Viktor GunnarssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,414
9
🇮🇸Thorsteins, KarlFollow Karl ThorsteinsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,407
10
🇮🇸Arnason, Jon LFollow Jon L ArnasonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,404
...
13🇮🇸Petursson, Margeir2,393
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
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2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
1143🇮🇸Petursson, Margeir2,393
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
1797🇮🇸Petursson, Margeir2,393