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Thorsteinsson, Aron Ellert
🇮🇸FIDE 2304422· Male· Iceland· Born in 1992
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Aron Ellert Thorsteinsson, a 34-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1878 — his current career high. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 2 years. 12 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Round 1-4, and U2000 mot T.R. 2025. Also played 12 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 16 blitz events (including Harpa Blitz 2026) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 25 months (2008–2010), 23 months (2010–2012), 40 months (2013–2017), 15 months (2021–2023) and 23 months (2023–2025).
At junior level, he reached #6, #4 and #7 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1878
Standard
Rpd1789·Blz1893
All-time high
1878
at best
Feb 2026 · age 34
Feb 2026 · age 34
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#53,713
#53,713 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2026
All-time peak 1878
at age 34
Feb 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+87 Elo)
1782 → 1869
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 32
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1781 → returned at 1866
Apr 2023
2021
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1782 → returned at 1781
Dec 2021
2020
36th Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 28 · rated 1812
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+12
1866 → 1878
Tournaments
3
14 games
Score
10/ 1471.4%
9W2D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsOddur Ingimarsson1,888·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Round 1-4·R1·+10.3
3.[W]vsOlafur Hermannsson1,713·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7·R5·+5.6
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsSigurdur SigfussonFM2,282·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7·R6·-1.8
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/3 | #31 | 1900 | -0.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 4/3 | #7 | 2510 | +19.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsArnar Ingi Njardarson
🇮🇸ISL·1601
+19 −6 =1
26 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsKristjan Orn Eliasson
🇮🇸ISL·1928
+4 −10 =3
17 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsRoberto Eduardo Osorio Ferrer
🇻🇪VEN·1868
+8 −6 =2
16 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsKristofer Orri Gudmundsson
🇮🇸ISL·1969
+1 −11 =2
14 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+1 −13 =0
14 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#175
out of 643 players
Europe
#39,471
in continent
World
#53,712
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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