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Einarsson, Arnthor

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FIDEFIDE 2300540· Male· Iceland· Born in 1946

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Arnthor Einarsson, a 80-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 2085 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 30 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7, Malmo Open 2025 std, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4. Also played 1 rapid event (including Malmo Open 2025 rpd) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2010–2011) and 20 months (2011–2013). His peak of 2265 was reached at age 55 (Jan 2001); he also reached Icelandic #29 in Jul 2008.

Current rating

2085

Standard

Rpd2062·Blz—

All-time high

2265

−180 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 55

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 8%

#16,854 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2024
100 career games
at age 78
Apr 2024
2022
43rd 75-80 player worldwide
at age 76 · rated 2183
Nov 2022
2017
48th 70-75 player worldwide
at age 71 · rated 2255
Sep 2017
2016
1st Icelandic 65-70 player
at age 70 · rated 2252
Nov 2016
2011
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2238 → returned at 2223
Jul 2011
2010
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2227 → returned at 2238
May 2010

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Linus OlssonFM 2,197
Malmo Open 2025 std · Dec 2025 · +2.8 Elo
Evolution
-30
2115 → 2085
Tournaments
3
11 games
Score
4.5/ 1140.9%
3W3D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7
Open Swiss
Mar 20261.5/3#251977-12.4
Malmo Open 2025 std
Open Swiss
Dec 20252.5/4#442165+8.8
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4
Open Swiss
Nov 20250.5/4#511794-27.4
Worst Elo result: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4 (-27.4 Elo, finished #51).

Rankings

/
Iceland
#78
out of 643 players
Europe
#12,274
in continent
World
#16,854
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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3
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4
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5
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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
10
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2,404
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78🇮🇸Einarsson, Arnthor2,085
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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2,764
4
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5
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2,739
6
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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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12274🇮🇸Einarsson, Arnthor2,085
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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