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Smarason, Kristjan Ingi
🇮🇸FIDE 2318148· Male· Iceland· Born in 2008
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Kristjan Ingi Smarason, a 18-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1751 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearances: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7 and Haustmot Godans 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including Jolamot Godans 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Hradskakmot Godans 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #6, #6, #4, #1 and #1 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1751
Standard
Rpd1762·Blz1864
All-time high
1751
at best
Apr 2026 · age 18
Apr 2026 · age 18
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#92,209
#92,209 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
6th Icelandic U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1751
May 2026
All-time peak 1751
at age 18
Apr 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+230 Elo)
1469 → 1699
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 16
Mar 2024
2023
6th Icelandic U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1530
May 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+49
1702 → 1751
Tournaments
2
8 games
Score
5/ 862.5%
4W2D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSturla Thordarson1,873·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 4th league Rounds 5-7·R7·+26.7
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #20 | 2503 | +40.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/5 | #3 | 1723 | +6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSmari Sigurdsson
🇮🇸ISL·1790
+5 −23 =12
40 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsHermann Adalsteinsson
🇮🇸ISL·1717
+16 −12 =5
33 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsRunar Isleifsson
🇮🇸ISL·1817
+2 −22 =3
27 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsSigurbjorn Asmundsson
🇮🇸ISL·1562
+12 −8 =5
25 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsGulyas Adam Ferenc
🇮🇸ISL·1743
+13 −5 =1
19 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
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Iceland
#278
out of 643 players
Europe
#65,887
in continent
World
#92,207
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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