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Arnason, Jon L

GM🇮🇸

FIDEFIDE 2300036· Male· Iceland· Born in 1960

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Jon L Arnason, a 66-year-old Icelandic Grandmaster, is rated 2404 and ranked 10th among Icelandic players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (1 game in the last 12 months) and had 5 career breaks: 14 months (2002–2003), 41 months (2005–2009), 28 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included), 14 months (2022–2023) and 12 months (2025–2026). Recent appearance: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10. His peak of 2528 was reached at age 41 (Jan 2001, World #328 at the time); he spent 34 months in Icelandic top 5, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 41).

Current rating

2404

Standard

Rpd2421·Blz2319

All-time high

2528

−124 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 41

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#10

#10 · Icelandic players · of 451
34 months in National top 5 (2001–2012)

Career timeline

26 entries
2026
19th 65-70 player worldwide
at age 66 · rated 2404
Jun 2026
2025
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2404 → returned at 2407
Mar 2025
2022
35th 60-65 player worldwide
at age 62 · rated 2419
Dec 2022
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2419 → returned at 2421
Jul 2022
2019
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 2410 → returned at 2412
Nov 2019
2017
100 career games
at age 57
Nov 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs A Jonathan MestelGM 2,429
FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2026 - Open S65 · Apr 2026 · +0.3 Elo
Evolution
0
2404 → 2404
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
6.5/ 972.2%
4W5D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2026 - Open S65
Team
Apr 20265.5/8#282361-3.0
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10
Team
Mar 20261/1#473019+3.0

Most-Played Opponents

vsHjorvar Steinn GretarssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2494
+1 −6 =3
10 games·last met Mar 2019
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vsGudmundur KjartanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2395
+1 −2 =5
8 games·last met Feb 2019
View head-to-head →
vsThrostur ThorhallssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2397
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Mar 2022
View head-to-head →
vsIngvar Thor JohannessonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2260
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Oct 2019
View head-to-head →
vsHelgi OlafssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2447
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Oct 2016
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Iceland
#10
out of 643 players
Europe
#1,007
in continent
World
#1,589
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
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2,466
5
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2,447
6
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2,420
7
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2,419
8
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2,414
9
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2,407
102,404
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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1007🇮🇸Arnason, Jon L2,404
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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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
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2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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1589🇮🇸Arnason, Jon L2,404