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Sigurpalsson, Runar

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FIDEFIDE 2301024· Male· Iceland· Born in 1972

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Runar Sigurpalsson, a 54-year-old Icelandic FIDE Master, is rated 2236 and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2002–2003), 14 months (2004–2005), 23 months (2007–2009) and 12 months (2024–2025). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7 and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4. Also played 3 rapid (including Skathing Nordlendinga 2025) and 5 blitz events (including Hradskakmot Nordlendinga 2025) recently. His peak of 2303 was reached at age 43 (Oct 2015); he also reached Icelandic #28 in Jan 2002.

Awarded FM in 2015 (age 43) and CM in 2015 (age 43).

Current rating

2236

Standard

Rpd2190·Blz2228

All-time high

2303

−67 pts below
Oct 2015 · age 43

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 3%

#6,427 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

19 entries
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2240 → returned at 2244
Nov 2024
2023
4th Icelandic 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2276
Oct 2023
2022
6th Icelandic 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2277
Apr 2022
2019
100 career games
at age 47
Mar 2019
2016
3rd Icelandic 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 2303
Mar 2016
2015
FM title awardedFM
at age 43
Oct 2015

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Peter HorvathGM 2,342
FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2026 - Open S50 · Apr 2026 · +3.0 Elo
Evolution
-4
2240 → 2236
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
4.5/ 1432.1%
7W5D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7
Open Swiss
Mar 20261.5/3#262124-8.2
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4
Open Swiss
Nov 20253/4#102248+3.6

Rankings

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Iceland
#34
out of 617 players
Europe
#4,415
in continent
World
#6,427
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Iceland
1
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2,534
2
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2,502
3
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2,466
3
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2,466
5
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2,439
6
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2,420
7
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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
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2,399
...
34🇮🇸Sigurpalsson, Runar2,236
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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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
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2,708
...
4415🇮🇸Sigurpalsson, Runar2,236
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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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
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2,753
...
6427🇮🇸Sigurpalsson, Runar2,236