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Icelandic Women Championship 2026 - candidate

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 06 Feb 2026 to 08 Feb 2026 in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland. Top 10 Elo average was 969, and top seed was Halldora Jonsdottir (🇮🇸 ISL, 1552).

Halldora Jonsdottir (🇮🇸 ISL, 1552) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Katrin Osk Tomasdottir (4.0) and Miroslava Skibina (3.0). Jonsdottir broke clear in the final round.

Location
🇮🇸Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
Dates
06 Feb 2026 → 08 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇸Halldora Jonsdottir1552
Avg top 10
969
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇸Iceland×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Halldora Jonsdottir led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
3
2
2
2
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Jonsdottir5Tomasdottir4Skibina3Sigurdardottir2Jonsdottir1Tomasdottir0
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Halldora Jonsdottir never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Halldora Jonsdottir beat Katrin Osk Tomasdottir (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Halldora Jonsdottir 5 wins (R1–R5)Katrin Osk Tomasdottir 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Halldora Jonsdottir*
1
1
1
2Katrin Osk Tomasdottir
0
*
1
1
3Miroslava Skibina
0
0
*
1
4Emilia Sigurdardottir
0
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Jonsdottir, Halldora1552ISL+5B+3N+6B+4N+2B5.010.010.010.002229+40.4
2Tomasdottir, Katrin Osk1419ISL+6N+5B+4N+3B−1N4.011.011.06.001594+26.4
3Skibina, Miroslava0ISL+4N−1B+5N−2N+6B3.012.012.03.0014590.0
4Sigurdardottir, Emilia1415ISL−3B+6N−2B−1B+5N2.013.013.01.001343-14.4
5Jonsdottir, Thora Kristin0ISL−1N−2N−3B+6N−4B1.014.014.00.0012660.0
6Tomasdottir, Emilia Klara1427ISL−2B−4B−1N−5B−3N0.014.015.00.00671-52.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers