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Urbancic, Johannes Bjarki
🇮🇸FIDE 2307790· Male· Iceland· Born in 1993
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Johannes Bjarki Urbancic, a 33-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1856 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (1 game in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 113 months (2010–2019), 51 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included) and 24 months (2024–2026). Recent appearance: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Rounds 5-7.
At junior level, he reached #9 nationally in U18.
Current rating
1856
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1840
All-time high
1856
at best
Apr 2026 · age 33
Apr 2026 · age 33
Activity
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1 past 12 mo
classical only
classical only
Signature stat
#59,691
#59,691 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1856
at age 33
Apr 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+113 Elo)
1717 → 1830
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 31
Mar 2024
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1830 → returned at 1856
Mar 2024
2020
40th Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 27 · rated 1717
Oct 2020
2019
Inactive for 51 months
paused at 1717 → returned at 1830
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+26
1830 → 1856
Tournaments
1
1 games
Score
1/ 1100.0%
1W0D0L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsPall Sigurdsson1,936·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Rounds 5-7·R7·+24.5
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #34 | 2736 | +26.0 |
Rankings
/
Iceland
#191
out of 617 players
Europe
#43,679
in continent
World
#59,691
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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