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Ragnarsson, Heimir Pall
🇮🇸FIDE 2308860· Male· Iceland· Born in 2001
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Heimir Pall Ragnarsson, a 25-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1801 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 18 months (2017–2018), 33 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included) and 33 months (2022–2025). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7 and Icelandic Open - Icelandic Chess Championship 2025. Also played 2 blitz events (including Blonduos Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #4, #5, #5, #3 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1801
Standard
Rpd1727·Blz1751
All-time high
1801
at best
Apr 2026 · age 25
Apr 2026 · age 25
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
1 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#76,064
#76,064 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2026
Crossed 1800
at age 25
Apr 2026
All-time peak 1801
at age 25
Apr 2026
2022
Re-crossed 1600
at age 21
Jun 2022
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1606 → returned at 1769
Jun 2022
53rd Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 1582
Apr 2022
2021
4th Icelandic U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1594
Dec 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+9
1792 → 1801
Tournaments
1
2 games
Score
2/ 2100.0%
2W0D0L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsHelgi Hauksson1,767·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7·R5·+9.0
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/1 | #60 | 2567 | +9.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBardur Orn BirkissonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2257
+1 −14 =2
17 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2540
+1 −9 =3
13 games·last met Mar 2017
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vsBjorn Holm BirkissonCM
🇮🇸ISL·2223
+3 −9 =1
13 games·last met Oct 2016
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vsDavid Kolka
🇮🇸ISL·2043
+1 −9 =1
11 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsHilmir Freyr HeimissonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2338
+1 −9 =1
11 games·last met May 2016
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#235
out of 643 players
Europe
#55,078
in continent
World
#76,063
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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