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Magnusson, Thorsteinn
🇮🇸FIDE 2310287· Male· Iceland· Born in 2000
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Thorsteinn Magnusson, a 26-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1689 — just 7 short of his peak of 1696 (Apr 2024, age 24). He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Round 1-4 and U2000 mot T.R. 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 25 blitz events (including Blonduos Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #6, #7, #11 and #11 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1689
Standard
Rpd1698·Blz1782
All-time high
1696
−7 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 24
Apr 2024 · age 24
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#113,956
#113,956 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+219 Elo)
1477 → 1696
Apr 2024
All-time peak 1696
at age 24 · −7 from today
Apr 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 24
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 24
Mar 2024
2022
68th Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 22 · rated 1477
Apr 2022
2020
6th Icelandic U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1537
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+14
1675 → 1689
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
6/ 966.7%
5W2D2L
Top 3 wins
3.[D]vsLogi Runar Jonsson1,821·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Round 1-4·R4·+3.7
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #30 | 2601 | +6.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/4 | #21 | 2544 | +7.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBjorgvin Kristbergsson
🇮🇸ISL
+37 −5 =3
45 games·last met May 2026
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vsPetur Johannesson
🇮🇸ISL
+19 −3 =1
23 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsArnar Ingi Njardarson
🇮🇸ISL·1601
+11 −8 =2
21 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSigurdur Freyr Jonatansson
🇮🇸ISL·1680
+10 −9 =1
20 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsRoberto Eduardo Osorio Ferrer
🇻🇪VEN·1868
+4 −13 =2
19 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#324
out of 643 players
Europe
#79,599
in continent
World
#113,952
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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