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Karlsson, Bjorn-Ivar

Karlsson, Bjorn-Ivar

FM🇮🇸

FIDEFIDE 2301687· Male· Iceland· Born in 1985

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Bjorn-Ivar Karlsson, a 41-year-old Icelandic FIDE Master, is rated 2329 — just 12 short of his peak of 2341 (Apr 2024, age 39) and ranked 19th among Icelandic players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4. Also played 1 blitz event (including SV Blitz August #3) recently. He reached Icelandic #18 in Oct 2025.

Awarded FM in 2016 (age 31). At junior level, he reached #1 and #1 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2329

Standard

Rpd2312·Blz2330

All-time high

2341

−12 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 39

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#19

#19 · Icelandic players · of 441

Career timeline

18 entries
2026
2nd Icelandic 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2329
Apr 2026
2025
Peak Icelandic rank: #18
at age 40 · rated 2330
Oct 2025
2024
All-time peak 2341
at age 39 · −12 from today
Apr 2024
2022
Re-crossed 2300
at age 37
Apr 2022
2021
Re-crossed 2300
at age 36
Jun 2021
2019
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 2293 → returned at 2313
Nov 2019

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Stephan Briem 2,166
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4 · Nov 2025 · +5.6 Elo
Evolution
-1
2330 → 2329
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
3/ 475.0%
2W2D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4
Open Swiss
Nov 20253/4#62263-1.4

Rankings

/
Iceland
#19
out of 617 players
Europe
#2,094
in continent
World
#3,224
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
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2,409
9
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2,407
10
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2,399
...
19🇮🇸Karlsson, Bjorn-Ivar2,329
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
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
2094🇮🇸Karlsson, Bjorn-Ivar2,329
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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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
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3224🇮🇸Karlsson, Bjorn-Ivar2,329