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Sigurpalsson, Runar
FM🇮🇸FIDE 2301024· Male· Iceland· Born in 1972
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Runar Sigurpalsson, a 54-year-old Icelandic FIDE Master, is rated 2251 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
2251
Standard
Rpd2190·Blz2228
All-time high
2303
−52 pts below
Oct 2015 · age 43
Oct 2015 · age 43
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#5,801 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2024
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 2278
May 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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+11
2240 → 2251
Tournaments
3
14 games
Score
9.5/ 1467.9%
7W5D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 5/7 | #38 | 2308 | +15.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1.5/3 | #26 | 2124 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #10 | 2248 | +3.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSigurdur Eiriksson
🇮🇸ISL·1793
+32 −2 =2
36 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsSmari Olafsson
🇮🇸ISL·1894
+23 −1 =2
26 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsSimon ThorhallssonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2203
+9 −9 =6
24 games·last met May 2026
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vsAskell O KarasonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2135
+11 −7 =5
23 games·last met May 2026
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vsKarl Egill Steingrimsson
🇮🇸ISL·1744
+22 −0 =0
22 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#32
out of 643 players
Europe
#3,954
in continent
World
#5,801
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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World
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