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FAI · 61 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2015 (By Jan 2001)

Best performance: 2029 at Lidkappingin 2013-14, 1. deild(Best of 2014)

World #=34268 live, down 970#33,298 publishedFaroe Islands #36Europe #=25188among active players

NOV26 Rating

1968

Live Rating

1966.4

Change

-1.6

Games Played

1

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 1963 to 1968 over the last 12 months; peak 2015 by January 2001.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261968, -2, 1 game1938, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261970, 0, 0 games1938, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261970, 0, 0 games1938, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261970, 0, 0 games1938, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261970, 0, 0 games1938, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261970, 0, 0 games1938, 0, 0 games
May 20261970, 0, 0 games1938, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261970, 0, 1 game1938, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261970, 0, 0 games1938, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261970, -1, 1 game1938, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261971, 0, 0 games1938, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251971, +8, 1 game1938, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Jan 4 – Mar 14.

From 58 classical games on record, the latest on Nov 1.

Classical games since the November list

Show gamesTournamentScoreChange
Liðkappingin 2026-27, 1. deildOct 18 – Mar 13, 20271 of 2 games since the Nov listTPR 16120/1-1.6

Best wins · Classical

From 57 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2012–2026

#OpponentRating
1, FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol, 2 wins, Jan 2021 · Lidkapping 2020-21 1.Deild 6, 2213
2, Steintor Rasmussen, Jan 2018 · Lidkapping 2017-18 1.deild Round 3-5, 2064
3, Finnbjorn Vang, Nov 2013 · Lidkappingin 2013-14, 1. deild, 2051

Event timeline · Classical

40 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
20264121601967
20255319762048
20246320002000
20233220662191
20223120571932
20214120711878
202031½19821982
20185319402012
20174020471247
20163020901290
2015101840—
201321½2040—
201241½20651978

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Recent opponents · Classical

IM Hogni Egilstoft Nielsen

Rated near Suni Merkistein · Classical

World

  1. #=34268WCM Sivanesan Nithyalakshmi1966.4
  2. #=34268Pierre Debailleul1966.4
  3. #=34268Suni Merkistein1966.4
  4. #=34268Jozsef Kadlicsko1966.4
  5. #=34279Nazar Narimanov1966.2

Faroe Islands

  1. #34Samson Hojgaard1969.8
  2. #35Andrias Danielsen1967.8
  3. #36Suni Merkistein1966.4
  4. #37Petur Gardar Magnussen1964.4
  5. #38Wille Olsen1960.8

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.