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Oskarsson, Markus Orri
🇮🇸FIDE 2320118· Male· Iceland· Born in 2009
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Markus Orri Oskarsson, a 17-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 2159 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +112 Elo over the past 12 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈32/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 2 rapid (including Skathing Nordlendinga 2025) and 6 blitz events (including Blitz Chess Mates Monte-carlo) recently. He reached Icelandic #52 in May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #5, #2 and #1 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2159
Standard
Rpd2017·Blz2225
All-time high
2159
at best
May 2026 · age 17
May 2026 · age 17
Activity
58
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#614 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,644
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Peak Icelandic rank: #52
at age 17 · rated 2159
May 2026
1st Icelandic U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2159
May 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 17
May 2026
All-time peak 2159
at age 17
May 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
Mar 2026
2025
1st Icelandic U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2051
Apr 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+112
2047 → 2159
Tournaments
10
55 games
Score
30/ 5554.5%
22W16D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsBenedikt Thorisson2,037·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 1st league Round 5-7·R6·-23.0
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/8 | #136 | 2225 | +69.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 4.5/5 | #4 | 2397 | +77.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #39 | 1747 | -36.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/6 | #8 | 2147 | +41.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2569 | +18.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #3 | 1981 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0.5/4 | #45 | 1894 | -26.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/9 | #88 | 1906 | -62.0 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 4/5 | #1 | 2141 | +33.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/9 | #17 | 2029 | -7.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSigurdur Eiriksson
🇮🇸ISL·1793
+26 −15 =2
43 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAskell O KarasonIM
🇮🇸ISL·2128
+8 −12 =10
30 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSigthor Arni Sigurgeirsson
🇮🇸ISL·1586
+24 −4 =2
30 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsSmari Olafsson
🇮🇸ISL·1894
+9 −9 =2
20 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsStefan G Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·1833
+10 −6 =4
20 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#52
out of 617 players
Europe
#7,579
in continent
World
#10,625
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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