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Sigurdsson, Birkir Karl
🇮🇸FIDE 2304180· Male· Iceland· Born in 1996
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Birkir Karl Sigurdsson, a 30-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1958 — just 16 short of his peak of 1974 (Mar 2024, age 28). He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and took a 16-month break between Nov 2023 and Apr 2025. Recent appearance: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Round 1-4. Also played 1 blitz event (including Skakkeppni fyrirtaekja og stofnana 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #5, #4, #4 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1958
Standard
Rpd1926·Blz1989
All-time high
1974
−16 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 28
Mar 2024 · age 28
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#35,052
#35,052 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2024
All-time peak 1974
at age 28 · −16 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1956 → returned at 1964
Nov 2023
2022
26th Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 26 · rated 1947
Apr 2022
2016
5th Icelandic U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1911
Aug 2016
2015
Crossed 1800
at age 19
Jun 2015
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-6
1964 → 1958
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
2/ 450.0%
2W0D2L
Top 2 wins
2.[W]vsOlafur Gisli Jonsson1,832·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Round 1-4·R4·+6.5
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsMatthias Bjorgvin Kjartansson1,937·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Round 1-4·R2·-10.6
2.[L]vsArni Bodvarsson1,958·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Round 1-4·R3·-10.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/4 | #13 | 1914 | -5.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+6 −9 =3
18 games·last met May 2020
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vsPall Snaedal Andrason
🇮🇸ISL·1906
+2 −11 =5
18 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2540
+6 −9 =2
17 games·last met May 2020
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vsOrn Leo JohannssonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2265
+2 −10 =2
14 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsGudmundur Kristinn Lee
🇮🇸ISL·2043
+4 −4 =6
14 games·last met Feb 2016
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#131
out of 643 players
Europe
#25,904
in continent
World
#35,051
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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