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Johannsson, Birkir Isak
FM🇮🇸FIDE 2314673· Male· Iceland· Born in 2002
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Birkir Isak Johannsson, a 24-year-old Icelandic FIDE Master, is rated 2306 — his current career high and ranked 22nd among Icelandic players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +48 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kopavogur International 2026, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5. Also played 2 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 4 blitz events (including Fridriksmot Landsbankans - Islandsmotid i skak 2025) recently. He reached Icelandic #22 in Apr 2026.
Awarded FM in 2026 (age 24). Earned a IM norm at Kopavogur International 2026. At junior level, he reached #3, #2, #2 and #6 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2306
Standard
Rpd2196·Blz2190
All-time high
2306
at best
Apr 2026 · age 24
Apr 2026 · age 24
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#22
#22 · Icelandic players · of 441
Career timeline
17 entries2026
Peak Icelandic rank: #22
at age 24 · rated 2306
Apr 2026
FM title awardedFM
at age 24
Apr 2026
Crossed 2300
at age 24
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2306
at age 24
Apr 2026
2025
Crossed 2200
at age 23
Mar 2025
2022
3rd Icelandic U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2184
Nov 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+48
2258 → 2306
Tournaments
4
25 games
Score
12/ 2548.0%
8W8D9L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsOrn Leo JohannssonFM2,314·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5·R5·+11.5
3.[W]vsDavid KjartanssonIM2,262·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5·R2·+10.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 4.5/9 | #6 | 2453 | +41.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/5 | #29 | 2284 | +4.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 3.5/4 | #8 | 2640 | +39.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/7 | #535 | 2065 | -36.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlexander Oliver MaiCM
🇮🇸ISL·2164
+5 −6 =7
18 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2534
+1 −13 =1
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsArnar Milutin Heidarsson
🇮🇸ISL·2104
+5 −6 =3
14 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsHilmir Freyr HeimissonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2310
+2 −11 =0
13 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsOliver JohannessonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2262
+6 −4 =3
13 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Iceland
#22
out of 617 players
Europe
#2,574
in continent
World
#3,898
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Iceland
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| 10 | 🇮🇸Follow Gudmundur KjartanssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,399 |
| ... | ||
| 22 | 2,306 | |
Europe
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| 2574 | 2,306 | |
World
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| ... | ||
| 3898 | 2,306 | |