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Karlsson, Mikael Johann
🇮🇸FIDE 2305194· Male· Iceland· Born in 1995
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Mikael Johann Karlsson, a 31-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 2157 — just 18 short of his peak of 2175 (Jul 2019, age 24) and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and took a 16-month break between May 2022 and Oct 2023. Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7 and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4. Also played 3 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 5 blitz events (including Hradskakmot taflfelaga 2026) recently. He reached Icelandic #51 in Nov 2025.
At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2157
Standard
Rpd2027·Blz2103
All-time high
2175
−18 pts below
Jul 2019 · age 24
Jul 2019 · age 24
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,778 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2025
500 career games
at age 30
Dec 2025
Peak Icelandic rank: #51
at age 30 · rated 2140
Nov 2025
2022
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2127 → returned at 2121
May 2022
2021
Re-crossed 2100
at age 26
Nov 2021
2019
All-time peak 2175
at age 24 · −18 from today
Jul 2019
2015
1st Icelandic U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2161
Apr 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+17
2140 → 2157
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
5/ 1533.3%
8W3D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsBaldur Kristinsson2,147·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7·R7·+9.7
2.[W]vsJon Kristinsson2,091·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R1·+8.5
3.[W]vsThorleifur Karlsson1,987·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R2·+5.7
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsGudmundur HalldorssonCM2,092·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R4·-11.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #15 | 2730 | +12.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #8 | 2176 | +5.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDagur RagnarssonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2388
+2 −11 =3
16 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2540
+3 −7 =5
15 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+10 −4 =0
14 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsSigurbjorn BjornssonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2279
+2 −9 =1
12 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsBragi ThorfinnssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2370
+4 −7 =1
12 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#53
out of 643 players
Europe
#7,700
in continent
World
#10,778
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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