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Mai, Alexander Oliver
CM🇮🇸FIDE 2313391· Male· Iceland· Born in 2003
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Alexander Oliver Mai, a 23-year-old Icelandic Candidate Master, is rated 2164 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (1 game in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7. Also played 14 blitz events (including Vignir Vatnar open 2026) recently. His peak of 2207 was reached at age 19 (Jan 2022, Icelandic #42 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 22). At junior level, he reached #2, #2, #3, #2 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2164
Standard
Rpd2122·Blz2121
All-time high
2207
−43 pts below
Jan 2022 · age 19
Jan 2022 · age 19
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
1 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,315 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 22
May 2025
2022
500 career games
at age 19
Aug 2022
Peak Icelandic rank: #42
at age 19 · rated 2207
Jan 2022
2nd Icelandic U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2207
Jan 2022
Crossed 2200
at age 19
Jan 2022
Re-crossed 2100
at age 19
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-7
2171 → 2164
Tournaments
1
1 games
Score
0/ 10.0%
0W0D1L
Top wins
No standard wins or draws in the last 12 months.
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsJon Kristinn ThorgeirssonFM2,259·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7·R6·-7.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #55 | 1459 | -7.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2540
+1 −37 =4
42 games·last met May 2026
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vsBenedikt BriemCM
🇮🇸ISL·2239
+18 −5 =9
32 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+10 −14 =7
31 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsStephan Briem
🇮🇸ISL·2154
+11 −6 =12
29 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsBjorn Holm BirkissonCM
🇮🇸ISL·2223
+6 −11 =9
26 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#50
out of 643 players
Europe
#7,350
in continent
World
#10,315
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Iceland
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Europe
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World
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