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Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn
FM🇮🇸FIDE 2300281· Male· Iceland· Born in 1960
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Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, a 66-year-old Icelandic FIDE Master, is rated 2204 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 8 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5, and EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - OPEN cat. 65 plus. Also played 4 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 5 blitz events (including Fridriksmot Landsbankans - Islandsmotid i skak 2025) recently. His peak of 2332 was reached at age 42 (Jan 2002, Icelandic #14 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2001 (age 41).
Current rating
2204
Standard
Rpd2114·Blz2133
All-time high
2332
−128 pts below
Jan 2002 · age 42
Jan 2002 · age 42
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#7,969 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2026
3rd Icelandic 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2221
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 65
Nov 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 64
Apr 2024
2021
2nd Icelandic 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 2262
Dec 2021
2019
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2271 → returned at 2260
Nov 2019
2017
3rd Icelandic 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 2327
Nov 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-5
2209 → 2204
Tournaments
5
27 games
Score
14.5/ 2753.7%
7W15D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 3/6 | #182 | 2118 | -15.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #44 | 2218 | -0.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #43 | 2791 | +4.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/9 | #6 | 2284 | +19.2 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 3.5/9 | #8 | 2171 | -11.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHalldor Gretar EinarssonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2137
+11 −11 =6
28 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMagnus Orn UlfarssonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2351
+5 −12 =5
22 games·last met Dec 2017
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vsSigurdur SigfussonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2305
+6 −6 =5
17 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsStefan Bergsson
🇮🇸ISL·2138
+9 −2 =4
15 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsLenka PtacnikovaWGM
🇮🇸ISL·2106
+7 −0 =7
14 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#40
out of 643 players
Europe
#5,564
in continent
World
#7,969
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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