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Olafsson, Olafur Orn
🇮🇸FIDE 2312042· Male· Iceland· Born in 2003
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Olafur Orn Olafsson, a 23-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1792 — his current career high. He is climbing fast, having gained +131 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Rounds 5-7, and Skakthing Reykjavikur Round 8-9. Also played 8 rapid (including Skakthing Gardabaear 2025) and 11 blitz events (including Vignir Vatnar open 2026) recently. He took a 82-month break between May 2016 and Apr 2023.
At junior level, he reached #11, #18 and #8 nationally in U20, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1792
Standard
Rpd1804·Blz1886
All-time high
1792
at best
May 2026 · age 23
May 2026 · age 23
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#78,904
#78,904 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
51st Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 23 · rated 1792
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1792
at age 23
May 2026
2025
Crossed 1600
at age 22
Mar 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+439 Elo)
1142 → 1581
Apr 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 21
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 21
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+132
1660 → 1792
Tournaments
6
28 games
Score
16/ 2857.1%
10W12D6L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsThorlakur Magnusson1,869·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Rounds 5-7·R6·+12.6
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/7 | #275 | 1858 | +16.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #11 | 1926 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #11 | 1987 | +13.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #32 | 2133 | +22.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/3 | #14 | 1956 | +20.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #101 | 1909 | +45.2 |
Hot streak: 6 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsArnar Milutin Heidarsson
🇮🇸ISL·2104
+2 −7 =2
11 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsKristjan Orn Eliasson
🇮🇸ISL·1928
+4 −5 =2
11 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsHarald Bjornsson
🇮🇸ISL·1921
+8 −0 =2
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsDagur RagnarssonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2388
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsThorsteinn Jakob F Thorsteinsson
🇮🇸ISL·1855
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#243
out of 643 players
Europe
#57,016
in continent
World
#78,903
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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