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Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar

GM🇮🇸

FIDEFIDE 2308649· Male· Iceland· Born in 2003

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Vignir Vatnar Stefansson, a 23-year-old Icelandic Grandmaster, is rated 2540 — just 11 short of his peak of 2551 (Mar 2025, age 22) and ranked 1st among Icelandic players, and 355th worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2500 and 2551 over the past 2 years. 144 rated games in the past year (≈102/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Reykjavik Open 2026, and Kopavogur International 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 38 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached World #330 in Mar 2025 and has been Icelandic #1 for 25 months and counting.

Awarded GM in 2023 (age 20), IM in 2021 (age 18), and FM in 2016 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #27 in U20, World #36 in U18, World #78 in U16, World #5 in U14, World #41 in U12, World #41 in U10 and World #29 in U8.

Current rating

2540

Standard

Rpd2442·Blz2610

All-time high

2551

−11 pts below
Mar 2025 · age 22

Activity

140

games / yr avg. · ≈12/mo

92 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active

Signature stat

#1

#1 · Icelandic players · of 451
#1 nationally since Jun 2024

Career timeline

24 entries
2026
25 months in National #1 (ongoing)
longest streak 25 months · since Jun 2024
Jun 2026
2025
Peak World rank: #330
at age 22 · rated 2551
Mar 2025
All-time peak 2551
at age 22 · −17 from today
Mar 2025
2024
Peak Icelandic rank: #1
at age 21 · rated 2500
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 2500
at age 21
Jun 2024
2023
GM title awardedGM
at age 20 · 2023 2nd FIDE Council
Aug 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
European Individual Chess Championship 2026
perf 2651 (+117) · 8/11 · #6
Top opponent
vs Maxim RodshteinGM 2,647
European Team Ch 2025 · Oct 2025 · +7.0 Elo
Evolution
+31
2509 → 2540
Tournaments
12
92 games
Score
64/ 9269.6%
47W34D11L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsHilmir Freyr HeimissonIM2,300·Kopavogur International 2026·R1·-7.7
2.[L]vsDagur RagnarssonIM2,365·Haustmot TR 2025 - A-flokkur·R1·-6.9
3.[L]vsGudmundur KjartanssonGM2,416·Reykjavik Open 2026·R7·-6.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Icelandic Chess Championship 2026
Round-Robin
May 20267.5/9#22590+5.7
European Individual Chess Championship 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20268/11#62651+21.3
Reykjavik Open 2026
Open Swiss
Mar 20266.5/9#272489+1.0
Kopavogur International 2026
Round-Robin
Mar 20266/9#32546+5.7
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10
Team
Mar 20261.5/5#382439-4.8
Skakthing Kopavogs 2026 - Round 4-7
Swiss
Jan 20261/2#132155-7.9
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.

Most-Played Opponents

vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+78 −11 =9
98 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsDagur RagnarssonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2388
+53 −24 =17
94 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsHelgi Ass GretarssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2420
+36 −18 =10
64 games·last met May 2026
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vsArnar Milutin Heidarsson
🇮🇸ISL·2104
+50 −6 =4
60 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsBardur Orn BirkissonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2257
+40 −5 =9
54 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings

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Iceland
#1
out of 643 players
Europe
#206
in continent
World
#355
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Iceland
12,540
2
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3
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2,467
4
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2,466
5
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2,447
6
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2,420
7
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2,419
8
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2,414
9
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2,407
10
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2,404
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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10
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2,713
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206🇮🇸Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar2,540
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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355🇮🇸Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar2,540