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Hardarson, Jon Trausti
CM🇮🇸FIDE 2302594· Male· Iceland· Born in 1997
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Jon Trausti Hardarson, a 29-year-old Icelandic Candidate Master, is rated 2066 and sitting in the top 9% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 33 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10. Also played 3 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 18 blitz events (including Vignir Vatnar open 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2017–2018) and 63 months (2019–2025, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2170 was reached at age 18 (Mar 2015, Icelandic #69 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 28). At junior level, he reached #2, #3, #3 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2066
Standard
Rpd1996·Blz2136
All-time high
2170
−104 pts below
Mar 2015 · age 18
Mar 2015 · age 18
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 9%
#18,881 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 28
Dec 2025
2019
Inactive for 63 months
paused at 2083 → returned at 2099
Dec 2019
2017
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2127 → returned at 2139
Nov 2017
2016
2nd Icelandic U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2157
Nov 2016
Re-crossed 2100
at age 19
Sep 2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-33
2099 → 2066
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/8 | #134 | 2060 | -1.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #44 | 2166 | +4.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #53 | 1915 | -7.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/4 | #22 | 2171 | +8.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #56 | 1400 | -6.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDagur RagnarssonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2388
+2 −15 =12
29 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsOliver JohannessonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2262
+3 −12 =12
27 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+8 −5 =6
19 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2540
+4 −11 =3
18 games·last met May 2026
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vsKristjan Orn Eliasson
🇮🇸ISL·1928
+11 −2 =2
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Iceland
#86
out of 643 players
Europe
#13,821
in continent
World
#18,881
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Europe
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World
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