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Stefansson, Benedikt
🇮🇸FIDE 2312379· Male· Iceland· Born in 1999
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Benedikt Stefansson, a 27-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1763 — just 12 short of his peak of 1775 (Feb 2026, age 27). He is progressing steadily with +25 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7, Aefingarmot fyrir EM ungmenna 2024 Round 6-7, and Aefingarmot fyrir EM ungmenna 2024 Round 1-5. Also played 1 rapid event (including Skathing Nordlendinga 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2015–2016) and 16 months (2022–2023).
At junior level, he reached #8, #9 and #12 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1763
Standard
Rpd1692·Blz1814
All-time high
1775
−12 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 27
Feb 2026 · age 27
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#88,044
#88,044 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
14 entries2026
All-time peak 1775
at age 27 · −12 from today
Feb 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 26
Mar 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+213 Elo)
1531 → 1744
Apr 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 25
Mar 2024
2022
Crossed 1500
at age 23
May 2022
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1531 → returned at 1533
May 2022
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+25
1738 → 1763
Tournaments
5
13 games
Score
7.5/ 1357.7%
6W3D4L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsPalmi Sighvatsson1,787·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Round 1-4·R2·+10.8
3.[D]vsSigurjon Thorkelsson1,961·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Round 1-4·R3·+5.2
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #49 | 2553 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 0/2 | #18 | 1113 | -12.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/3 | #7 | 2671 | +16.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/3 | #32 | 1922 | +9.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #40 | 2587 | +11.4 |
Rankings
/
Iceland
#268
out of 617 players
Europe
#63,139
in continent
World
#88,043
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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