Top chess players in the Faroe Islands

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

The Faroe Islands has 189 rated players. The highest rated is GM Helgi Dam Ziska at 2542.

Country ranking

#78 of 184

top 10 average 2268.9

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

OCT26·189 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#=3391	1	GMHelgi Dam Ziska FAI · 36	2542	25422542.0	–	-1
2#=14966	6	IMHogni Egilstoft Nielsen FAI · 29	2411	24112411.0	–	+22
3#=362113	13	FMRogvi Egilstoft FAI · 34	2315	23152315.0	–	+12
4#=380113	13	FMLuitjen Akselsson Apol FAI · 20	2309	23092309.0	–	-9
5#=644316	16	IMJohn Rodgaard FAI · 71	2237	22372237.0	–	-8
6#=722715	15	Olavur Simonsen FAI · 49	2220	22202220.0	–	+21
7#=1018117	17	FMFlovin Tor Naes FAI · 48	2167	21672167.0	–	-10
8#=1024515	15	Joan Hendrik Andreasen FAI · 56	2166	21662166.0	–	-28
9#=1039116	16	Rogvi W. Rasmussen FAI · 53	2164	21642164.0	–	+5
10#=1078421	21	FMMartin Poulsen FAI · 42	2158	21582158.0	–	-118
11#=1093025	25	FMHans Kristian Simonsen FAI · 43	2156	21562156.0	–	+39
12#=1181727	27	Sjurdur Thorsteinsson FAI · 40	2144	21442144.0	–	-8
13#=1256721	21	Hanus Brekka FAI · 61	2135	21352135.0	–	+20
14#=1302032	32	FMCarl Eli Nolsoe Samuelsen FAI · 47	2129	21292129.0	–	-38
15#=1317238	38	Eydun Nolsoe FAI · 60	2127	21272127.0	–	-32
16#=1341431	31	Bogi Ziska FAI · 60	2124	21242124.0	–	-24
17#=1365935	35	Finnbjorn Zachariassen FAI · 59	2121	21212121.0	–	+7
18#=1758058	58	Jon I Horni Nielsen FAI · 21	2080	20802080.0	–	-24
19#=1875361	61	Elias Petersen FAI · 19	2069	20692069.0	–	-31
20#=2042768	68	Silas Eydsteinsson FAI · 28	2054	20542054.0	–	-7
=21#=2201268	68	Torkil Nielsen FAI · 62	2041	20412041.0	–	+11
=21#=2201268	68	Rani Baldursson FAI · 40	2041	20412041.0	–	-20
=23#=2377886	86	Jens Kristian Hansen FAI · 65	2028	20282028.0	–	-34
=23#=2377886	86	Martin Brekka FAI · 64	2028	20282028.0	–	-23
25#=2524177	77	Hjalti Toftum Jogvansson FAI · 34	2017	20172017.0	–	-13

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