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Hermannsson, Olafur
🇮🇸FIDE 2306093· Male· Iceland· Born in 1961
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Olafur Hermannsson, a 65-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1726 — just 2 short of his peak of 1728 (Mar 2024, age 63). He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and took a 14-month break between Jan 2015 and Apr 2016. Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7 and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Round 1-4. Also played 1 blitz event (including Sudurlandsmot Skakskolans 2025) recently.
Current rating
1726
Standard
Rpd1751·Blz1800
All-time high
1728
−2 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 63
Mar 2024 · age 63
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#100,768
#100,768 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+186 Elo)
1542 → 1728
Apr 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 63
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1728
at age 63 · −2 from today
Mar 2024
2022
23rd Icelandic 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1563
Apr 2022
2020
36th Icelandic 55-60 player
at age 59 · rated 1555
Oct 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 58
Apr 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+13
1713 → 1726
Tournaments
2
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
2W4D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsKristjan Stefansson1,834·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Round 1-4·R1·+13.0
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #50 | 1693 | -1.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 3/4 | #8 | 1857 | +15.0 |
Rankings
/
Iceland
#296
out of 643 players
Europe
#71,411
in continent
World
#100,766
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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| 100766 | 1,726 | |