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Skakthing Vestmannaeyja 2026

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 18 Jan 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Top 10 Elo average was 1535, and top seed was Sigurjon Thorkelsson (🇮🇸 ISL, 1954).

Audunn Haraldsson (🇮🇸 ISL, 1797) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Sigurjon Thorkelsson (8.0) and Arnar Sigurmundsson (6.5). Haraldsson shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Saemundur Einarsson (1545) beat Hallgrimur Steinsson (1792), a +247-point gap.

Location
🇮🇸Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Dates
18 Jan 2026 → 15 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇸Sigurjon Thorkelsson1954
Avg top 10
1,535
Participants
10
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇸Iceland×9
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
4
1
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
Haraldsson8Thorkelsson8Sigurmundsson6.5Einarsson5.5Andersen4.5Steinsson4.5
R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 8.0/9. Haraldsson takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (37.0).

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Audunn Haraldsson drew with Sigurjon Thorkelsson (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Audunn Haraldsson 6 wins (R2–R7)Sigurjon Thorkelsson 6 wins (R2–R7)Arnar Sigurmundsson 4 wins (R3–R6)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Audunn Haraldsson*
½
1
1
2Sigurjon Thorkelsson
½
*
½
1
3Arnar Sigurmundsson
0
½
*
½
4Saemundur Einarsson
0
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Haraldsson, Audunn1797ISL=2N+5N+8B+4N+10B+7N+9B=6N+3B8.037.037.030.752031+89.2
2Thorkelsson, Sigurjon1954ISL=1B+8N+4B+10N+7B+9N+6B=3N+5B8.037.037.029.752016+8.8
3Sigurmundsson, Arnar1730ISL+8B=4N+10B+7N+9B+6N=5B=2B−1N6.538.538.521.501841+23.8
4Einarsson, Saemundur1545ISL+6N=3B−2N−1B=8N+5N+10B=7N+9B5.539.539.516.751765+44.4
5Steinsson, Hallgrimur1792ISL−7N−1B+9N+8B+6N−4B=3N+10B−2N4.540.540.512.251649-30.6
6Andersen, Arnar Bogi1635ISL−4B+10N+7B+9N−5B−3B−2N=1B+8N4.540.540.512.001669+10.8
7Olafsson, Thorarinn I1665ISL+5B+9B−6N−3B−2N−1B−8N=4B+10N3.541.541.58.251567-21.6
8Einarsson, Agust Omar1736ISL−3N−2B−1N−5N=4B+10N+7B+9N−6B3.541.541.57.251558-75.6
9Eiriksson, Gisli1499ISL+10B−7N−5B−6B−3N−2B−1N−8B−4N1.044.044.00.00922-74.0
10FIDE 23371770—−9N−6B−3N−2B−1N−8B−4N−5N−7B0.044.045.00.009030.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets