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Hardarson, Petur Palmi
🇮🇸FIDE 2317605· Male· Iceland· Born in 1998
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Petur Palmi Hardarson, a 28-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 2128 — just 3 short of his peak of 2131 (Dec 2025, age 27) and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7 and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4. Also played 2 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Hradskakmot taflfelaga 2026) recently. He reached Icelandic #59 in Jan 2026.
At junior level, he reached #5 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2128
Standard
Rpd2019·Blz1986
All-time high
2131
−3 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 27
Dec 2025 · age 27
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 6%
#12,947 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Peak Icelandic rank: #59
at age 28 · rated 2131
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 2131
at age 27 · −3 from today
Dec 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 25
May 2023
2021
Re-crossed 2100
at age 23
Sep 2021
100 career games
at age 23
Apr 2021
Crossed 2100
at age 23
Mar 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+19
2109 → 2128
Tournaments
2
3 games
Score
3/ 3100.0%
3W0D0L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #57 | — | -3.0 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3/3 | #12 | 2793 | +21.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVigfus Vigfusson
🇮🇸ISL·1953
+3 −6 =0
9 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsHordur Gardarsson
🇮🇸ISL·1676
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsHelgi Hauksson
🇮🇸ISL·1742
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met May 2024
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vsJohann Ragnarsson
🇮🇸ISL·1995
+6 −0 =1
7 games·last met May 2024
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vsBjorgvin Kristbergsson
🇮🇸ISL
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2018
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#65
out of 643 players
Europe
#9,355
in continent
World
#12,947
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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