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Helgadottir, Idunn
WCM🇮🇸FIDE 2314118· Female· Iceland· Born in 2007
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Idunn Helgadottir, a 19-year-old Icelandic Woman Candidate Master, is rated 1842. She has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 49 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7, and Icelandic Women Championship 2026. Also played 5 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 16 blitz events (including Harpa Blitz 2026) recently. Her peak of 1916 was reached at age 17 (Jun 2024).
Awarded WCM in 2024 (age 17). At junior level, she reached #8, #5, #3, #5, #6 and #7 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1842
Standard
Rpd1863·Blz1843
All-time high
1916
−74 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 17
Jun 2024 · age 17
Activity
61
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#63,663
#63,663 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
8th Icelandic U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1842
Jun 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
May 2025
2024
WCM title awardedWCM
at age 17
Oct 2024
5th Icelandic U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1916
Jun 2024
All-time peak 1916
at age 17 · −74 from today
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-34
1876 → 1842
Tournaments
9
54 games
Score
19.5/ 5436.1%
18W11D25L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/9 | #191 | 1920 | +15.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #63 | — | -5.2 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 2.5/5 | #4 | 1901 | +10.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/4 | #70 | 1648 | -19.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/3 | #3 | 2051 | +39.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/2 | #61 | — | -18.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/9 | #52 | 1822 | -31.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/7 | #141 | 1823 | -22.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIngvar Wu Skarphedinsson
🇮🇸ISL·2121
+4 −27 =4
35 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGudrun Fanney BriemWCM
🇮🇸ISL·2026
+17 −13 =4
34 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAdam OmarssonCM
🇮🇸ISL·1992
+7 −23 =4
34 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsBenedikt Thorisson
🇮🇸ISL·2019
+1 −30 =1
32 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsGunnar Erik Gudmundsson
🇮🇸ISL·2009
+4 −24 =0
28 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#204
out of 643 players
Europe
#46,503
in continent
World
#63,662
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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