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Thorhallsson, Simon
FM🇮🇸FIDE 2310090· Male· Iceland· Born in 1999
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Simon Thorhallsson, a 27-year-old Icelandic FIDE Master, is rated 2203 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2164 and 2243 over the past 2 years. 37 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10, Aefingarmot fyrir EM ungmenna 2024 Round 6-7, and Aefingarmot fyrir EM ungmenna 2024 Round 1-5. Also played 5 rapid (including Janus Open II (kvik)) and 11 blitz events (including Blonduos Blitz) recently. He took a 21-month break between Jun 2022 and Apr 2024. His peak of 2284 was reached at age 22 (Oct 2021, Icelandic #29 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2021 (age 22). At junior level, he reached #2, #3, #2 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2203
Standard
Rpd2223·Blz2304
All-time high
2284
−81 pts below
Oct 2021 · age 22
Oct 2021 · age 22
Activity
28
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#7,992 · players worldwide · of 216,807
Career timeline
23 entries2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 27
Feb 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 25
Nov 2024
2022
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2171 → returned at 2173
Jun 2022
2021
FM title awardedFM
at age 22
Dec 2021
Peak Icelandic rank: #29
at age 22 · rated 2284
Oct 2021
All-time peak 2284
at age 22 · −81 from today
Oct 2021
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+27
2176 → 2203
Tournaments
7
35 games
Score
20/ 3557.1%
17W6D12L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsIngvar Thor JohannessonFM2,258·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5·R1·+11.9
3.[W]vsBenedikt BriemCM2,222·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5·R2·+10.9
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsBirkir Isak JohannssonFM2,221·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10·R7·-9.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/5 | #57 | 1552 | -33.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #8 | 2056 | -7.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/5 | #1 | 2700 | +18.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/4 | #3 | 2504 | +33.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/5 | #31 | 2315 | +14.6 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 2113 | +0.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/8 | #21 | 2152 | -25.8 |
Worst Elo result: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10 (-33.4 Elo, finished #57).
Most-Played Opponents
vsSigurdur Eiriksson
🇮🇸ISL·1793
+31 −1 =2
34 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsJon Kristinn ThorgeirssonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2271
+9 −18 =4
31 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2534
+5 −21 =5
31 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+17 −4 =6
27 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAskell O KarasonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2128
+8 −10 =8
26 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#39
out of 617 players
Europe
#5,601
in continent
World
#7,992
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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