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Briem, Benedikt
CM🇮🇸FIDE 2315432· Male· Iceland· Born in 2006
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Benedikt Briem, a 20-year-old Icelandic Candidate Master, is rated 2239 — just 23 short of his peak of 2262 (Apr 2026, age 20) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 20, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2128 and 2262 over the past 2 years. 52 rated games in the past year (≈63/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10, and Nordic Youth Chess Championships 2026 - A. Also played 1 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 17 blitz events (including Vignir Vatnar open 2026) recently. He reached Icelandic #28 in Apr 2026.
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 19). At junior level, he reached #1, #2, #1, #1, #1 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2239
Standard
Rpd2100·Blz2171
All-time high
2262
−23 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 20
Apr 2026 · age 20
Activity
62
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
49 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#367 · players worldwide under 20 · of 10,035
Career timeline
22 entries2026
Peak Icelandic rank: #28
at age 20 · rated 2262
Apr 2026
1st Icelandic U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2262
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2262
at age 20 · −23 from today
Apr 2026
2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 19
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 19
Mar 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best result
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10perf 2480 (+218) · 2.5/5 · #22
Top opponent
Evolution
+14
2225 → 2239
Tournaments
8
49 games
Score
29/ 4959.2%
23W12D14L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJohann HjartarsonGM2,473·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10·R10·+15.4
2.[W]vsDagur RagnarssonIM2,369·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 1-5·R1·+13.5
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/8 | #107 | 2090 | -22.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2.5/5 | #22 | 2480 | +29.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/6 | #3 | 2322 | +14.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 0/2 | #42 | 1443 | -19.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/7 | #2 | 2079 | -6.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/5 | #40 | 2183 | -5.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6.5/9 | #4 | 2324 | +27.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4/7 | #227 | 2193 | -3.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVignir Vatnar StefanssonGM
🇮🇸ISL·2540
+2 −38 =6
46 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsBenedikt Thorisson
🇮🇸ISL·2019
+32 −8 =2
42 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+16 −22 =4
42 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsGunnar Erik Gudmundsson
🇮🇸ISL·2009
+20 −7 =10
37 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsAdam OmarssonCM
🇮🇸ISL·1992
+25 −7 =3
35 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Iceland
#35
out of 643 players
Europe
#4,293
in continent
World
#6,272
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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