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Finnsson, Johann Arnar
🇮🇸FIDE 2308240· Male· Iceland· Born in 2000
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Johann Arnar Finnsson, a 26-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1958 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months). 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 1 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Hradskakmot taflfelaga 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #5, #6, #6, #5 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1958
Standard
Rpd1918·Blz1886
All-time high
1958
at best
Apr 2026 · age 26
Apr 2026 · age 26
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#35,052
#35,052 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 1958
at age 26
Apr 2026
2024
30th Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 24 · rated 1951
Nov 2024
2021
Re-crossed 1800
at age 21
Dec 2021
Crossed 1800
at age 21
Apr 2021
2020
5th Icelandic U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1736
Oct 2020
2019
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1736 → returned at 1795
Dec 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+4
1954 → 1958
Tournaments
2
5 games
Score
2/ 540.0%
1W2D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[D]vsRunar SigurpalssonFM2,240·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7·R5·+6.7
2.[D]vsSoren Bech HansenFM2,230·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7·R6·+6.5
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #29 | 2076 | +8.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #35 | 1885 | -3.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+0 −11 =2
13 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsArnar Milutin Heidarsson
🇮🇸ISL·2104
+5 −8 =0
13 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsThorsteinn Magnusson
🇮🇸ISL·1689
+8 −0 =2
10 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsStephan Briem
🇮🇸ISL·2154
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsIngvar Wu Skarphedinsson
🇮🇸ISL·2121
+2 −4 =2
8 games·last met Jan 2023
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#131
out of 643 players
Europe
#25,904
in continent
World
#35,051
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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