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Icelandic Chess Championship 2026

1 May to 9 May 2026 · Garðabær, Iceland · 10-player round-robin · 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move Finished

Full results Watch on Lichess

Top 100 players in this event

Standings

Standings, Icelandic Chess Championship 2026
#NameFedRtgPtsTB1
1IM Hilmir Freyr HeimissonISL2310829.5
2GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson ★ISL25347.530
3GM Hannes StefanssonISL24096.522.25
4IM Dagur RagnarssonISL23915.520.5
5GM Gudmundur KjartanssonISL2399513.5
6IM Bjorn ThorfinnssonISL23563.510.25
7CM Bjorn Holm BirkissonISL221439
8FM Bardur Orn BirkissonISL227837
9FM Orn Leo JohannssonISL230926.25
10WGM Lenka PtacnikovaISL212613.75

TB1 Sonneborn Berger Tie-Break Variable (2023) (Gamepoints)

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds. Official ranking from chess-results.com.

Games

Games
RoundGameResult
1.1Vignir Vatnar Stefansson – Orn Leo Johannsson1-0
2.5Vignir Vatnar Stefansson – Dagur Ragnarsson½-½
3.2Bjorn Holm Birkisson – Vignir Vatnar Stefansson½-½
4.4Vignir Vatnar Stefansson – Bardur Orn Birkisson1-0
5.3Lenka Ptacnikova – Vignir Vatnar Stefansson0-1
6.3Vignir Vatnar Stefansson – Hilmir Freyr Heimisson1-0
7.4Bjorn Thorfinnsson – Vignir Vatnar Stefansson0-1
8.2Vignir Vatnar Stefansson – Hannes Stefansson½-½
9.5Gudmundur Kjartansson – Vignir Vatnar Stefansson0-1

Games involving a top-100 player. Click a game to replay it.

Standings and games from Lichess broadcasts. ★ marks a player on the FIDE top 100 lists.