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Valsson, Arnar

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FIDEFIDE 2318830· Male· Iceland· Born in 2005

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Arnar Valsson, a 21-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1527 — just 7 short of his peak of 1534 (Nov 2025, age 20). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and took a 23-month break between Apr 2023 and Apr 2025. Recent appearance: U2000 mot T.R. 2025.

At junior level, he reached #10, #9, #12 and #17 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

1527

Standard

Rpd1491·Blz1559

All-time high

1534

−7 pts below
Nov 2025 · age 20

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#175,206

#175,206 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
81st Icelandic 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 1534
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1534
at age 20 · −7 from today
Nov 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 20
Apr 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+330 Elo)
1165 → 1495
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 19
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1200
at age 19
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Larus H Bjarnason 1,728
U2000 mot T.R. 2025 · Oct 2025 · +15.1 Elo
Evolution
+6
1521 → 1527
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2/ 540.0%
2W0D3L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsLarus H Bjarnason1,728·U2000 mot T.R. 2025·R4·+15.1
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsDavid Stefansson1,782·U2000 mot T.R. 2025·R7·-3.9
2.[L]vsKristjan Geirsson1,810·U2000 mot T.R. 2025·R5·-3.4
3.[L]vsTheodor Eiriksson1,851·U2000 mot T.R. 2025·R1·-2.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
U2000 mot T.R. 2025
Swiss
Oct 20252/4#281793+6.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsArni Olafsson
🇮🇸ISL·1701
+2 −3 =3
8 games·last met Oct 2019
View head-to-head →
vsRayan Sharifa
🇮🇸ISL·1569
+0 −2 =5
7 games·last met Nov 2019
View head-to-head →
vsPetur Johannesson
🇮🇸ISL
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2020
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vsIngvar Wu Skarphedinsson
🇮🇸ISL·2121
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2019
View head-to-head →
vsKristjan Dagur Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·1907
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met May 2019
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Rankings

/
Iceland
#400
out of 643 players
Europe
#112,369
in continent
World
#175,168
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Iceland
1
🇮🇸Stefansson, Vignir VatnarFollow Vignir Vatnar StefanssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,540
2
🇮🇸Steingrimsson, HedinnFollow Hedinn SteingrimssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,502
3
🇮🇸Hjartarson, JohannFollow Johann HjartarsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,467
4
🇮🇸Danielsen, HenrikFollow Henrik DanielsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,466
5
🇮🇸Olafsson, HelgiFollow Helgi OlafssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,447
6
🇮🇸Gretarsson, Helgi AssFollow Helgi Ass GretarssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,420
7
🇮🇸Stefansson, HannesFollow Hannes StefanssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,419
8
🇮🇸Gunnarsson, Jon ViktorFollow Jon Viktor GunnarssonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,414
9
🇮🇸Thorsteins, KarlFollow Karl ThorsteinsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,407
10
🇮🇸Arnason, Jon LFollow Jon L ArnasonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,404
...
400🇮🇸Valsson, Arnar1,527
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
112369🇮🇸Valsson, Arnar1,527
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
175168🇮🇸Valsson, Arnar1,527