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Kjartansson, Matthias Bjorgvin
🇮🇸FIDE 2319225· Male· Iceland· Born in 2009
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Matthias Bjorgvin Kjartansson, a 17-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 2023 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and took a 19-month break between Apr 2024 and Dec 2025. Recent appearance: Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Round 1-4. Also played 1 blitz event (including Le Kock motarodin - November 2025) recently. He reached Icelandic #98 in May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1, #1 and #4 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2023
Standard
Rpd1800·Blz1877
All-time high
2023
at best
Dec 2025 · age 16
Dec 2025 · age 16
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#24,164
#24,164 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Peak Icelandic rank: #98
at age 17 · rated 2023
May 2026
1st Icelandic U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2023
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Dec 2025
All-time peak 2023
at age 16
Dec 2025
2024
1st Icelandic U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1937
Apr 2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1937 → returned at 2023
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+86
1937 → 2023
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
4/ 4100.0%
4W0D0L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsJulius Bjornsson2,010·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Round 1-4·R3·+19.3
2.[W]vsBirkir Karl Sigurdsson1,964·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Round 1-4·R2·+16.6
3.[W]vsIngimundur Sigurmundsson1,957·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 2nd league Round 1-4·R4·+16.2
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Nov 2025 | 4/4 | #1 | 2764 | +86.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMikael Bjarki Heidarsson
🇮🇸ISL·2034
+9 −5 =1
15 games·last met Feb 2024
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vsGudrun Fanney BriemWCM
🇮🇸ISL·2026
+7 −4 =2
13 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMarkus Orri Johannsson
🇮🇸ISL·2010
+10 −2 =1
13 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsGunnar Erik Gudmundsson
🇮🇸ISL·2009
+2 −7 =4
13 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsBjartur Thorisson
🇮🇸ISL·1627
+6 −3 =3
12 games·last met Feb 2022
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#100
out of 643 players
Europe
#17,810
in continent
World
#24,164
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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Europe
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World
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