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Karlsson, Bjorn-Ivar
FM🇮🇸FIDE 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 21st 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
Apr 2024 · age 39
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#21
#21 · Icelandic players · of 451
Career timeline
18 entries2026
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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-1
2330 → 2329
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
3/ 475.0%
2W2D0L
Top 2 wins
2.[W]vsPetur Ulfar Ernisson1,791·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R3·+0.9
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #6 | 2263 | -1.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMagnus Orn UlfarssonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2351
+9 −7 =4
20 games·last met Nov 2021
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vsDagur RagnarssonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2388
+5 −4 =4
13 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsHalldor Gretar EinarssonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2137
+8 −2 =3
13 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsThorsteinn ThorsteinssonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2204
+5 −1 =6
12 games·last met Mar 2019
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vsHelgi Ass GretarssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2420
+2 −9 =0
11 games·last met Mar 2022
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#21
out of 643 players
Europe
#2,092
in continent
World
#3,209
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Iceland
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World
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