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Heidarsson, Mikael Bjarki
🇮🇸FIDE 2317532· Male· Iceland· Born in 2009
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Mikael Bjarki Heidarsson, a 17-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 2034 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +66 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Bodmot TR 2026 - b-ridill, Reykjavik Open 2026, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7. Also played 5 rapid (including Pressukeppni i skak - Agust 2025 A-flokkur) and 3 blitz events (including Hradskakmot taflfelaga 2026) recently. He reached Icelandic #94 in May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #2, #2, #1, #1 and #3 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2034
Standard
Rpd1965·Blz1948
All-time high
2034
at best
May 2026 · age 17
May 2026 · age 17
Activity
66
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#22,725
#22,725 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Peak Icelandic rank: #94
at age 17 · rated 2034
May 2026
2nd Icelandic U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2034
May 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 17
May 2026
All-time peak 2034
at age 17
May 2026
2025
2nd Icelandic U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1968
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best comeback
Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7finished #1 (seeded #40 of 60)
Evolution
+63
1971 → 2034
Tournaments
8
37 games
Score
20/ 3754.1%
17W6D14L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsHrannar Baldursson2,048·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7·R5·+23.1
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 2.5/5 | #3 | 1917 | -20.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5.5/9 | #57 | 2076 | +60.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/3 | #1 | 2796 | +68.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/4 | #12 | 1794 | -35.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/3 | #4 | 1952 | +10.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #45 | 1920 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #23 | 2560 | +19.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/9 | #91 | 1894 | -32.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGudrun Fanney BriemWCM
🇮🇸ISL·2026
+14 −10 =4
28 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsBenedikt Thorisson
🇮🇸ISL·2019
+5 −18 =5
28 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsJosef Omarsson
🇮🇸ISL·2078
+16 −11 =0
27 games·last met May 2025
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vsMarkus Orri Johannsson
🇮🇸ISL·2010
+17 −6 =3
26 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAdam OmarssonCM
🇮🇸ISL·1992
+4 −18 =4
26 games·last met Sep 2023
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#96
out of 643 players
Europe
#16,726
in continent
World
#22,725
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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