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Karason, Askell O
IM🇮🇸FIDE 2300567· Male· Iceland· Born in 1953
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Askell O Karason, a 73-year-old Icelandic International Master, is rated 2135 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +36 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7, and Aefingarmot fyrir EM ungmenna 2024 Round 6-7. Also played 8 rapid (including Skathing Nordlendinga 2025) and 13 blitz events (including Blonduos Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2002–2003) and 17 months (2004–2005). His peak of 2324 was reached at age 62 (Apr 2015); he also reached Icelandic #24 in Jan 2002.
Awarded IM in 2018 (age 65) and FM in 2015 (age 62).
Current rating
2135
Standard
Rpd2170·Blz2129
All-time high
2324
−189 pts below
Apr 2015 · age 62
Apr 2015 · age 62
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#12,405 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
22 entries2026
1st Icelandic 70-75 player
at age 73 · rated 2128
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 73
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 72
Jul 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 71
Dec 2024
2020
94th 65-70 player worldwide
at age 67 · rated 2274
Oct 2020
2018
IM title awardedIM
at age 65
Sep 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best comeback
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7finished #3 (seeded #21 of 60)
Evolution
+27
2108 → 2135
Tournaments
9
43 games
Score
27/ 4362.8%
17W20D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsStefan Bergsson2,156·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R2·-8.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 3.5/6 | #141 | 2160 | +6.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/7 | #165 | 2150 | +7.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #3 | 2283 | +11.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2708 | +16.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/4 | #5 | 1933 | -9.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #47 | 1961 | -7.8 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsSigurdur Eiriksson
🇮🇸ISL·1793
+61 −9 =7
77 games·last met May 2026
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vsSmari Olafsson
🇮🇸ISL·1894
+29 −7 =5
41 games·last met May 2026
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vsKarl Egill Steingrimsson
🇮🇸ISL·1744
+36 −1 =1
38 games·last met May 2026
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vsMarkus Orri Oskarsson
🇮🇸ISL·2159
+12 −8 =10
30 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSimon ThorhallssonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2203
+10 −9 =8
27 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Iceland
#63
out of 643 players
Europe
#8,942
in continent
World
#12,405
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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