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Thorisson, Benedikt
🇮🇸FIDE 2314576· Male· Iceland· Born in 2006
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Benedikt Thorisson, a 20-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 2019. He has slipped back 50 Elo over the past 12 months. 51 rated games in the past year (≈62/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, ChessMates XIII, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7. Also played 3 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 10 blitz events (including Fridriksmot Landsbankans - Islandsmotid i skak 2025) recently. His peak of 2106 was reached at age 18 (Dec 2024, Icelandic #71 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #3, #2, #3, #3, #6 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2019
Standard
Rpd2028·Blz2016
All-time high
2106
−87 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 18
Dec 2024 · age 18
Activity
69
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#24,693
#24,693 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
3rd Icelandic U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2106
Jan 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Peak Icelandic rank: #71
at age 18 · rated 2106
Dec 2024
2nd Icelandic U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2106
Dec 2024
Crossed 2100
at age 18
Dec 2024
All-time peak 2106
at age 18 · −87 from today
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-56
2075 → 2019
Tournaments
7
41 games
Score
18/ 4143.9%
14W8D19L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsAndri Freyr Bjorgvinsson2,144·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R1·+12.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/9 | #119 | 2012 | +3.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #27 | 2035 | +5.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1.5/3 | #23 | 2097 | +7.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0.5/8 | #158 | 1715 | -46.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/3 | #10 | 1804 | -21.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/4 | #4 | 2400 | +32.6 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 3.5/9 | #8 | 1923 | -37.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAdam OmarssonCM
🇮🇸ISL·1992
+22 −25 =7
54 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsIngvar Wu Skarphedinsson
🇮🇸ISL·2121
+13 −22 =12
47 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGunnar Erik Gudmundsson
🇮🇸ISL·2009
+12 −22 =9
43 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsBenedikt BriemCM
🇮🇸ISL·2239
+8 −32 =2
42 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsIdunn HelgadottirWCM
🇮🇸ISL·1842
+31 −1 =1
33 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#102
out of 643 players
Europe
#18,205
in continent
World
#24,693
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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