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Johannsson, Markus Orri
🇮🇸FIDE 2318539· Male· Iceland· Born in 2009
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Markus Orri Johannsson, a 17-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 2010 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 46 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, ChessMates XIII, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7. Also played 7 rapid (including Atskakkeppni taflfelaga 2025) and 9 blitz events (including Harpa Blitz 2026) recently. He reached Icelandic #98 in Nov 2025.
At junior level, he reached #4, #3, #4, #9 and #5 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2010
Standard
Rpd1988·Blz1945
All-time high
2010
at best
May 2026 · age 17
May 2026 · age 17
Activity
58
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
46 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#25,969
#25,969 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
4th Icelandic U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2010
May 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 17
May 2026
All-time peak 2010
at age 17
May 2026
2025
Peak Icelandic rank: #98
at age 16 · rated 1990
Nov 2025
3rd Icelandic U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1981
May 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 15
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+35
1975 → 2010
Tournaments
9
52 games
Score
23.5/ 5245.2%
22W12D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsHrund Hauksdottir1,820·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 1-4·R2·-23.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/5 | #313 | 2459 | +42.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2.5/5 | #47 | 1979 | +27.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #16 | 2152 | +41.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #14 | 2002 | +9.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #20 | 2091 | +30.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/3 | #12 | 1802 | -13.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0.5/4 | #55 | 1660 | -58.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/9 | #89 | 1853 | -58.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/6 | #2 | 2015 | +14.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBenedikt Thorisson
🇮🇸ISL·2019
+8 −18 =1
27 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMikael Bjarki Heidarsson
🇮🇸ISL·2034
+6 −17 =3
26 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsBirkir Hallmundarson
🇮🇸ISL·2007
+17 −5 =3
25 games·last met May 2026
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vsOrvar Holm Brynjarsson
🇮🇸ISL·1812
+15 −6 =4
25 games·last met May 2026
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vsJosef Omarsson
🇮🇸ISL·2078
+6 −11 =5
22 games·last met Apr 2025
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#108
out of 643 players
Europe
#19,182
in continent
World
#25,969
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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