Top chess players in Iceland

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

Iceland has 466 rated players. The highest rated is GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson at 2534.

Country ranking

#47 of 184

top 10 average 2443.3

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

OCT26·466 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#=376		GMVignir Vatnar Stefansson ISL · 23	2534	25342534.0	–	+28
2#=6871	1	GMHedinn Steingrimsson ISL · 51	2485	24852485.0	–	-17
3#=8521	1	GMHenrik Danielsen ISL · 60	2466	24662466.0	–	-1
4#=9171	1	GMJohann Hjartarson ISL · 63	2459	24592459.0	–	-7
5#=10537	7	GMHelgi Olafsson ISL · 70	2447	24472447.0	–	-5
6#=14541	1	IMJon Viktor Gunnarsson ISL · 46	2414	24142414.0	–	-28
7#=15215	5	GMGudmundur Kjartansson ISL · 38	2409	24092409.0	–	-13
=8#=15597	7	IMKarl Thorsteins ISL · 62	2407	24072407.0	–	+3
=8#=15597	7	GMHannes Stefansson ISL · 54	2407	24072407.0	–	-1
10#=15905	5	GMHelgi Ass Gretarsson ISL · 49	2405	24052405.0	–	-13
11#=16135	5	GMJon L Arnason ISL · 66	2404	24042404.0	–	=
12#=18667	7	IMDagur Ragnarsson ISL · 29	2390	23902390.0	–	+5
13#=19285	5	GMThrostur Thorhallsson ISL · 57	2387	23872387.0	–	-4
14#=19511	1	GMMargeir Petursson ISL · 66	2386	23862386.0	–	-19
15#=22682	2	GMBragi Thorfinnsson ISL · 45	2370	23702370.0	–	+8
16#=23704	4	IMHilmir Freyr Heimisson ISL · 25	2365	23652365.0	–	+74
17#=25669	9	IMDagur Arngrimsson ISL · 39	2356	23562356.0	–	-14
18#=26897	7	FMMagnus Orn Ulfarsson ISL · 50	2351	23512351.0	–	-6
19#=27086	6	IMBjorn Thorfinnsson ISL · 47	2350	23502350.0	–	+21
20#=314616	16	IMAleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson ISL · 21	2333	23332333.0	–	-40
21#=325518	18	FMBjorn-Ivar Karlsson ISL · 41	2329	23292329.0	–	-1
22#=346212	12	FMSigurdur Sigfusson ISL · 54	2321	23212321.0	–	+39
23#=389712	12	FMBirkir Isak Johannsson ISL · 24	2306	23062306.0	–	+48
24#=415316	16	FMRobert Lagerman ISL · 64	2299	22992299.0	–	-5
25#=49869	9	FMGudmundur Gislason ISL · 62	2274	22742274.0	–	+55

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