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Jonsson, Sveinbjorn
🇮🇸FIDE 2303248· Male· Iceland· Born in 1949
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Sveinbjorn Jonsson, a 77-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1820 — just 8 short of his peak of 1828 (Nov 2024, age 75). He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 35 months (2014–2017) and 12 months (2024–2025). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7 and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4.
Current rating
1820
Standard
Rpd1762·Blz1659
All-time high
1828
−8 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 75
Nov 2024 · age 75
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#70,155
#70,155 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
11th Icelandic 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1824
Dec 2025
2024
All-time peak 1828
at age 75 · −8 from today
Nov 2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1828 → returned at 1824
Nov 2024
Best 12-month gain (+128 Elo)
1695 → 1823
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 75
Mar 2024
2020
12th Icelandic 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1724
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
1828 → 1820
Tournaments
2
3 games
Score
0/ 30.0%
1W0D2L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsSaeberg Sigurdsson2,061·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R3·-4.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #143 | 1274 | -3.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #56 | 1261 | -4.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBjorgvin Kristbergsson
🇮🇸ISL
+10 −0 =2
12 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsHordur Jonasson
🇮🇸ISL·1623
+5 −3 =0
8 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsHjalmar Sigurvaldason
🇮🇸ISL·1660
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsFinnur Finnsson
🇮🇸ISL
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsPetur Johannesson
🇮🇸ISL
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2024
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#216
out of 643 players
Europe
#51,005
in continent
World
#70,154
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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