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Johannesson, Oliver
FM🇮🇸FIDE 2305623· Male· Iceland· Born in 1998
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Oliver Johannesson, a 28-year-old Icelandic FIDE Master, is rated 2262 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 8 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5, and 40th European Club Cup (open). Also played 1 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 16 blitz events (including Vignir Vatnar open 2026) recently. His peak of 2302 was reached at age 17 (May 2015); he also reached Icelandic #26 in Oct 2025.
Awarded FM in 2015 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #2, #1, #1, #1 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2262
Standard
Rpd2180·Blz2248
All-time high
2302
−40 pts below
May 2015 · age 17
May 2015 · age 17
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#5,390 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2025
Peak Icelandic rank: #26
at age 27 · rated 2264
Oct 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 26
Nov 2024
2020
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2238 → returned at 2238
Mar 2020
2018
2nd Icelandic U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2284
Oct 2018
2017
500 career games
at age 19
Nov 2017
2016
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
Apr 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+17
2245 → 2262
Tournaments
4
24 games
Score
14.5/ 2460.4%
9W11D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsBirkir Isak JohannssonFM2,221·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5·R1·-11.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2.5/4 | #25 | 2307 | +6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #15 | 2216 | -5.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 3.5/6 | #307 | 2219 | -3.4 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 5.5/9 | #3 | 2325 | +19.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2540
+11 −24 =8
43 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsDagur RagnarssonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2388
+6 −14 =17
37 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+16 −11 =7
34 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJon Trausti HardarsonCM
🇮🇸ISL·2066
+12 −3 =12
27 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsBardur Orn BirkissonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2257
+20 −3 =2
25 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Iceland
#29
out of 643 players
Europe
#3,659
in continent
World
#5,390
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Iceland
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Europe
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World
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