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Karason, Halldor Ingi
🇮🇸FIDE 2303272· Male· Iceland· Born in 1979
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Halldor Ingi Karason, a 47-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1952 — just 4 short of his peak of 1956 (Apr 2024, age 45). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Rounds 5-7 and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Round 1-4. Also played 1 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 6 blitz events (including Vignir Vatnar open 2026) recently.
Current rating
1952
Standard
Rpd1877·Blz2001
All-time high
1956
−4 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 45
Apr 2024 · age 45
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#36,253
#36,253 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
13th Icelandic 45-50 player
at age 47 · rated 1952
Jun 2026
2024
13th Icelandic 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 1956
Oct 2024
All-time peak 1956
at age 45 · −4 from today
Apr 2024
2019
13th Icelandic 35-40 player
at age 40 · rated 1902
Dec 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 40
Dec 2019
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1902 → returned at 1913
Dec 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+18
1934 → 1952
Tournaments
2
5 games
Score
3.5/ 570.0%
2W3D0L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsIngimundur Sigurmundsson1,957·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Rounds 5-7·R7·+10.1
2.[W]vsSverrir Gestsson1,929·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Round 1-4·R2·+9.6
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #19 | 2121 | +8.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/3 | #17 | 2053 | +9.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBenedikt Thorisson
🇮🇸ISL·2019
+3 −5 =0
8 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsDagur RagnarssonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2388
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsStefan Bergsson
🇮🇸ISL·2138
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsLenka PtacnikovaWGM
🇮🇸ISL·2106
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsJohann Ragnarsson
🇮🇸ISL·1995
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#137
out of 643 players
Europe
#26,775
in continent
World
#36,252
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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