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Magnusson, Benedikt Ernir

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FIDEFIDE 2312484· Male· Iceland· Born in 2003

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Benedikt Ernir Magnusson, a 23-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1770 — just 23 short of his peak of 1793 (May 2025, age 22). He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 14 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7 and 40th European Club Cup (open). Also played 2 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 3 blitz events (including VignirVatnar.is X timinn 2025 #1) recently.

Current rating

1770

Standard

Rpd1720·Blz1719

All-time high

1793

−23 pts below
May 2025 · age 22

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#85,841

#85,841 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

6 entries
2025
50th Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 22 · rated 1793
Aug 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 22
May 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 22
May 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 22
May 2025
All-time peak 1793
at age 22 · −23 from today
May 2025
First FIDE rating
1793 · at age 22
May 2025

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Leo Van Houwelingen 1,958
40th European Club Cup (open) · Oct 2025 · +10.4 Elo
Evolution
-23
1793 → 1770
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
3.5/ 1035.0%
3W1D6L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsGuy Wagner1,748·40th European Club Cup (open)·R7·-20.5
2.[L]vsAndres Mata Medina1,817·40th European Club Cup (open)·R6·-16.6
3.[L]vsBjorn Rost1,919·40th European Club Cup (open)·R2·-11.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7
Team
Mar 20262/3#121849+13.2
40th European Club Cup (open)
Team
Oct 20251.5/7#5831688-36.4
Worst Elo result: 40th European Club Cup (open) (-36.4 Elo, finished #583).

Rankings

/
Iceland
#264
out of 643 players
Europe
#61,691
in continent
World
#85,839
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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3
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4
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5
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6
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2,420
7
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2,419
8
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2,414
9
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10
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2,404
...
264🇮🇸Magnusson, Benedikt Ernir1,770
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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61691🇮🇸Magnusson, Benedikt Ernir1,770
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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85839🇮🇸Magnusson, Benedikt Ernir1,770