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Birkisson, Bardur Orn
FM🇮🇸FIDE 2310597· Male· Iceland· Born in 2000
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Bardur Orn Birkisson, a 26-year-old Icelandic FIDE Master, is rated 2257 and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2196 and 2342 over the past 2 years. 102 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Kopavogur International 2026, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10. Also played 1 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 16 blitz events (including Blonduos Blitz) recently. His peak of 2342 was reached at age 25 (Apr 2025, Icelandic #21 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2024 (age 24) and CM in 2017 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #2, #1, #1 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2257
Standard
Rpd2213·Blz2199
All-time high
2342
−85 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 25
Apr 2025 · age 25
Activity
95
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
107 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#5,568 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
23 entries2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 26
Mar 2026
2025
Peak Icelandic rank: #21
at age 25 · rated 2342
Apr 2025
All-time peak 2342
at age 25 · −64 from today
Apr 2025
2024
FM title awardedFM
at age 24
Nov 2024
Crossed 2300
at age 24
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 24
May 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best result
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10perf 2493 (+226) · 3/5 · #10
Evolution
-26
2283 → 2257
Tournaments
14
107 games
Score
55.5/ 10751.9%
39W33D35L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsHelgi OlafssonGM2,452·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10·R10·+14.9
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 7/9 | #1 | 2194 | -3.2 |
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 3.5/7 | #6 | 2249 | -5.4 |
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 3/9 | #7 | 2219 | -16.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5.5/9 | #76 | 2241 | +11.4 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 3/9 | #8 | 2339 | +22.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #10 | 2493 | +37.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #5 | 2814 | +11.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/7 | #10 | 2008 | -24.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/5 | #36 | 2146 | -12.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBjorn Holm BirkissonCM
🇮🇸ISL·2223
+36 −20 =35
91 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2540
+5 −40 =8
53 games·last met May 2026
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vsDagur RagnarssonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2388
+11 −32 =7
50 games·last met May 2026
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vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+21 −19 =6
46 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsHilmir Freyr HeimissonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2338
+7 −15 =9
31 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Iceland
#31
out of 643 players
Europe
#3,789
in continent
World
#5,568
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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