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Petersen, Jakob Alexander
🇮🇸FIDE 2309130· Male· Iceland· Born in 1999
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Jakob Alexander Petersen, a 27-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1713 — just 2 short of his peak of 1715 (Mar 2026, age 27). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 35 months (2014–2017), 28 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included) and 56 months (2021–2026). Recent standard appearances include Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Rounds 5-7, Skakthing Reykjavikur Round 8-9, and Skakthing Reykjavikur Round 1-7. Also played 1 rapid (including TR Rapid 2026 January #3) and 6 blitz events (including Vignir Vatnar open 2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #7, #9, #8 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1713
Standard
Rpd1676·Blz1758
All-time high
1715
−2 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 27
Mar 2026 · age 27
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#105,220
#105,220 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 1715
at age 27 · −2 from today
Mar 2026
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 25
Mar 2024
2022
63rd Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 23 · rated 1503
Apr 2022
2021
Crossed 1500
at age 22
May 2021
Inactive for 56 months
paused at 1503 → returned at 1697
May 2021
2018
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1490 → returned at 1503
Dec 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+11
1702 → 1713
Tournaments
3
11 games
Score
6.5/ 1159.1%
6W1D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #56 | 2927 | -1.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #8 | 2072 | +19.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #19 | 1889 | -5.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+1 −6 =1
8 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsOskar Vikingur Davidsson
🇮🇸ISL·2015
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsBjorgvin Kristbergsson
🇮🇸ISL
+7 −0 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsBardur Orn BirkissonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2257
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsBjorn Holm BirkissonCM
🇮🇸ISL·2223
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2024
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#307
out of 643 players
Europe
#74,251
in continent
World
#105,217
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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