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Briem, Stephan
🇮🇸FIDE 2312506· Male· Iceland· Born in 2003
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Stephan Briem, a 23-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 2154 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 35 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5. Also played 2 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 12 blitz events (including Harpa Blitz 2026) recently. His peak of 2223 was reached at age 16 (Jun 2019); he also reached Icelandic #41 in Apr 2024.
At junior level, he reached #2, #2, #2, #2 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2154
Standard
Rpd2073·Blz2236
All-time high
2223
−69 pts below
Jun 2019 · age 16
Jun 2019 · age 16
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,980 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
17 entries2024
Peak Icelandic rank: #41
at age 21 · rated 2188
Apr 2024
2023
2nd Icelandic U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2173
Dec 2023
2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 19
Nov 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2020
2nd Icelandic U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2197
Jan 2020
2019
2nd Icelandic U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2223
Jun 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-35
2189 → 2154
Tournaments
4
16 games
Score
5.5/ 1634.4%
2W7D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJosef Omarsson2,025·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5·R3·+6.6
2.[D]vsDagur ArngrimssonIM2,370·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10·R9·+5.5
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsBenedikt Thorisson2,037·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R3·-13.1
3.[L]vsBjorn-Ivar KarlssonFM2,330·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R4·-5.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/4 | #39 | 2219 | +7.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/3 | #62 | 1480 | -21.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #39 | 2216 | +2.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2.5/7 | #434 | 2067 | -22.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2540
+7 −28 =10
45 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsArnar Milutin Heidarsson
🇮🇸ISL·2104
+16 −8 =10
34 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsBenedikt BriemCM
🇮🇸ISL·2239
+14 −12 =6
32 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAlexander Oliver MaiCM
🇮🇸ISL·2164
+6 −11 =12
29 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+10 −7 =5
22 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#55
out of 643 players
Europe
#7,856
in continent
World
#10,980
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Europe
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World
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