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Hermannsson, Sigurbjorn
🇮🇸FIDE 2325128· Male· Iceland· Born in 2007
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Sigurbjorn Hermannsson, a 19-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1915 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +75 Elo over the past 12 months. 86 rated games in the past year (≈68/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Bodmot TR 2026 - b-ridill, Reykjavik Open 2026, and Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Rounds 5-7. Also played 3 rapid events (including Skakthing Kopavogs 2026 - Round 1-3) recently.
At junior level, he reached #6, #6 and #6 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1915
Standard
Rpd1855·Blz1924
All-time high
1915
at best
May 2026 · age 19
May 2026 · age 19
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
77 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#44,461
#44,461 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
6th Icelandic U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1915
May 2026
All-time peak 1915
at age 19
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Mar 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 17
Sep 2024
100 career games
at age 17
Jul 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+84
1831 → 1915
Tournaments
13
89 games
Score
40/ 8944.9%
36W18D35L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsEmanuel Joao Robarts Pires1,970·Warsaw Chess Festival - XXIV Miguel Najdorf Memorial - group B·R2·+26.3
2.[W]vsThor Valtysson1,945·Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - 3rd league Round 1-4·R1·+24.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsStanislav Lenkov1,685·Warsaw Chess Festival - XXIV Miguel Najdorf Memorial - group B·R6·-29.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 2/5 | #4 | 1866 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/9 | #203 | 1996 | +21.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #8 | 2116 | +15.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #58 | 1299 | -4.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/7 | #16 | 1728 | -24.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/4 | #3 | 2100 | +21.2 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/3 | #6 | 2039 | +28.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2.5/3 | #20 | 2250 | +21.2 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 1.5/9 | #10 | 1741 | -65.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #103 | 1936 | +49.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGauti Pall Jonsson
🇮🇸ISL·2131
+2 −14 =2
18 games·last met May 2026
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vsAdam OmarssonCM
🇮🇸ISL·1992
+5 −11 =0
16 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsOrvar Holm Brynjarsson
🇮🇸ISL·1812
+11 −3 =1
15 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsBjorgvin Kristbergsson
🇮🇸ISL
+9 −4 =0
13 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsBirkir Hallmundarson
🇮🇸ISL·2007
+4 −8 =0
12 games·last met Jun 2026
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Rankings
/
Iceland
#153
out of 643 players
Europe
#32,789
in continent
World
#44,460
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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