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Bjarkason, Halldor Palmi
🇮🇸FIDE 2330008· Male· Iceland· Born in 1981
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Halldor Palmi Bjarkason, a 45-year-old Icelandic player, is rated 1876 — just 8 short of his peak of 1884 (May 2025, age 44). He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months). Recent appearance: Haustmot TR 2025 - C-flokkur. Also played 4 rapid (including Mr. Prakash Kunte & Mr. Siddharth Mayur All India Open Fide Rapid Rating Chess Tournament) and 16 blitz events (including SV Blitz Mai 2026 I) recently.
Current rating
1876
Standard
Rpd1553·Blz1820
All-time high
1884
−8 pts below
May 2025 · age 44
May 2025 · age 44
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#54,218
#54,218 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
5 entries2025
15th Icelandic 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 1884
Aug 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 44
May 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 44
May 2025
All-time peak 1884
at age 44 · −8 from today
May 2025
First FIDE rating
1884 · at age 44
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-8
1884 → 1876
Tournaments
1
10 games
Score
2.5/ 1025.0%
3W5D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 2.5/2 | #10 | 2360 | -8.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKarma Halldorsson
🇮🇸ISL·1719
+4 −13 =5
22 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsGudmundur GislasonFM
🇮🇸ISL·2274
+0 −16 =1
17 games·last met May 2026
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vsNirvaan Halldorsson
🇮🇸ISL·1664
+10 −5 =2
17 games·last met May 2026
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vsPetur Ivar Eythorsson
🇮🇸ISL
+10 −0 =0
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsBjartur Hauksson
🇮🇸ISL
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Iceland
#177
out of 643 players
Europe
#39,811
in continent
World
#54,217
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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