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Petursson, Gudni
🇮🇸FIDE 2301725· Male· Iceland· Born in 1983
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Gudni Petursson, a 43-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1998. He has fluctuated between 1987 and 2027 over the past 2 years. 30 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Chess festival Ceske Budejovice 2025 - Open - A, and Icelandic Open - Icelandic Chess Championship 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including TR Rapid 2025 July #4) and 7 blitz events (including Le Kock motarodin - June) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 14 months (2005–2006), 23 months (2009–2011) and 16 months (2016–2018). His peak of 2145 was reached at age 24 (Oct 2007); he also reached Icelandic #47 in Jan 2002.
At junior level, he reached #4 and #2 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1998
Standard
Rpd1932·Blz2113
All-time high
2145
−147 pts below
Oct 2007 · age 24
Oct 2007 · age 24
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#27,833
#27,833 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2025
8th Icelandic 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 2027
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 42
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 41
Apr 2024
2021
Re-crossed 2000
at age 38
Sep 2021
2016
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2065 → returned at 2060
Nov 2016
2013
Re-crossed 2100
at age 30
Apr 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-7
2005 → 1998
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
4.5/ 950.0%
2W5D2L
Top 2 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/9 | #153 | 1903 | -28.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+9 −1 =15
25 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsRobert LagermanFM
🇮🇸ISL·2299
+2 −9 =7
18 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsKristjan Orn Eliasson
🇮🇸ISL·1928
+13 −2 =2
17 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2540
+1 −11 =4
16 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsBenedikt Thorisson
🇮🇸ISL·2019
+10 −2 =4
16 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#113
out of 643 players
Europe
#20,565
in continent
World
#27,833
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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World
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