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Thorsson, Olafur

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FIDEFIDE 2300869· Male· Iceland· Born in 1972

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Olafur Thorsson, a 54-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 2165 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 23 months (2003–2005), 14 months (2005–2006), 14 months (2008–2009) and 16 months (2012–2014). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Rounds 5-7 and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Round 1-4. Also played 3 blitz events (including Jolahradskakmot VignirVatnar.is x Snoker og Pool) recently. His peak of 2225 was reached at age 39 (May 2011); he also reached Icelandic #42 in Nov 2025.

Current rating

2165

Standard

Rpd2125·Blz2187

All-time high

2225

−60 pts below
May 2011 · age 39

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 5%

#10,225 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

19 entries
2025
Peak Icelandic rank: #42
at age 53 · rated 2171
Nov 2025
6th Icelandic 50-55 player
at age 53 · rated 2171
Sep 2025
2023
100 career games
at age 51
Nov 2023
2022
11th Icelandic 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2158
Apr 2022
2013
11th Icelandic 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2210
Apr 2013
2012
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2210 → returned at 2194
Nov 2012

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Robert LagermanFM 2,304
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Round 1-4 · Nov 2025 · +3.7 Elo
Evolution
-6
2171 → 2165
Tournaments
2
7 games
Score
5/ 771.4%
4W2D1L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Rounds 5-7
Team
Mar 20262.5/3#32125-3.0
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Round 1-4
Team
Nov 20252.5/4#52125-3.2

Rankings

/
Iceland
#49
out of 617 players
Europe
#7,282
in continent
World
#10,225
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Iceland
1
🇮🇸Stefansson, Vignir VatnarFollow Vignir Vatnar StefanssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,534
2
🇮🇸Steingrimsson, HedinnFollow Hedinn SteingrimssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,502
3
🇮🇸Hjartarson, JohannFollow Johann HjartarsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,466
3
🇮🇸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.
2,439
6
🇮🇸Gretarsson, Helgi AssFollow Helgi Ass GretarssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,420
7
🇮🇸Gunnarsson, Jon ViktorFollow Jon Viktor GunnarssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,414
8
🇮🇸Stefansson, HannesFollow Hannes StefanssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,409
9
🇮🇸Arnason, Jon LFollow Jon L ArnasonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,407
10
🇮🇸Kjartansson, GudmundurFollow Gudmundur KjartanssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,399
...
49🇮🇸Thorsson, Olafur2,165
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿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.
2,708
...
7282🇮🇸Thorsson, Olafur2,165
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
10225🇮🇸Thorsson, Olafur2,165