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Steingrimsson, Birgir Orn

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FIDEFIDE 2310848· Male· Iceland· Born in 1963

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Birgir Orn Steingrimsson, a 63-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1888 — just 8 short of his peak of 1896 (Mar 2024, age 61). He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2015–2016) and 20 months (2024–2025). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Rounds 5-7 and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Round 1-4.

Current rating

1888

Standard

Rpd1929·Blz—

All-time high

1896

−8 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 61

Activity

1

games / yr avg.

3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#51,127

#51,127 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

12 entries
2025
19th Icelandic 60-65 player
at age 62 · rated 1895
Dec 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+83 Elo)
1813 → 1896
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1896
at age 61 · −8 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1896 → returned at 1895
Mar 2024
2022
33rd Icelandic 55-60 player
at age 59 · rated 1813
Apr 2022
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 56
Nov 2019

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Gudjon Heidar Valgardsson 2,003
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Rounds 5-7 · Mar 2026 · +3.2 Elo
Evolution
-8
1896 → 1888
Tournaments
2
3 games
Score
1/ 333.3%
0W2D1L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Rounds 5-7
Team
Mar 20260.5/2#441730-6.8
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Round 1-4
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#441868-0.8

Rankings

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Iceland
#168
out of 617 players
Europe
#37,605
in continent
World
#51,127
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Iceland
1
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2,534
2
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2,502
3
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2,466
3
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2,466
5
🇮🇸Olafsson, HelgiFollow Helgi OlafssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,439
6
🇮🇸Gretarsson, Helgi AssFollow Helgi Ass GretarssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,420
7
🇮🇸Gunnarsson, Jon ViktorFollow Jon Viktor GunnarssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,414
8
🇮🇸Stefansson, HannesFollow Hannes StefanssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,409
9
🇮🇸Arnason, Jon LFollow Jon L ArnasonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,407
10
🇮🇸Kjartansson, GudmundurFollow Gudmundur KjartanssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,399
...
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Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
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2,708
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World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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