GMBragi Thorfinnsson

ISL Born 1981 Male
FIDE ID
2300958

About Bragi Thorfinnsson

Bragi Thorfinnsson was born in Iceland in 1981 and became an IM in 2003. He earned his first GM norm in the 2012-13 British Four Nations Chess League, playing for the Jutes of Kent. Further norms came in the Icelandic team championship and the 2018 Kragerø tournament. Show more

Bragi Thorfinnsson was born in Iceland in 1981 and became an IM in 2003. He earned his first GM norm in the 2012-13 British Four Nations Chess League, playing for the Jutes of Kent. Further norms came in the Icelandic team championship and the 2018 Kragerø tournament. FIDE awarded him the GM title in April 2018, when he was thirty-six. He combined his playing career with full-time work as a schoolteacher. His older brother Björn is also an IM and a journalist.

FIDE ratings

2386

Classical

Published FIDE

2362

Rapid

Published FIDE

2296

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#1951
National rank · ISL
#13

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2493 Jun 2013
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
185

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
51 2024-10-01 Titled Tue 1st Oct Late chess.com INT 10 Bragi Thorfinnsson Dmitry Goltsev 0-1 31 Open
52 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 9 Boris Taborov Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 2 Open
53 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 8 Bragi Thorfinnsson Oleksandr Shymanskyi 1-0 59 Open
54 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 7 Sai Krishna G V Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 55 Open
55 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 6 Bragi Thorfinnsson Jacob Flynn 1-0 40 Open
56 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 5 Milosz Szpar Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 36 Open
57 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 4 Bragi Thorfinnsson Alexander Reprintsev 1-0 30 Open
58 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 3 Mahammad Muradli Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 49 Open
59 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 2 Mariia Dolinskaia Bragi Thorfinnsson 0-1 39 Open
60 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 1 Bragi Thorfinnsson Oscar Humberto Ardila 1/2-1/2 76 Open
61 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 11 Bragi Thorfinnsson Linxi Zhu 1-0 28 Open
62 2024-09-24 Titled Tue 24th Sep Late chess.com INT 10 Antonio Carlos Bambino Filho Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 23 Open
63 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 9 Bragi Thorfinnsson Ronaldo Alonso Moreira 1-0 46 Open
64 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 7 Bence Pribelszky Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 42 Open
65 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 6 Bragi Thorfinnsson Rafael A Vaganian 0-1 42 Open
66 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 5 Ryo Chen Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 46 Open
67 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 4 Bragi Thorfinnsson Denis Garrido 1-0 24 Open
68 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 3 Theodore Slade Bragi Thorfinnsson 0-1 47 Open
69 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 2 Aleksandr Shimanov Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 50 Open
70 2024-09-17 Titled Tue 17th Sep Late chess.com INT 1 Bragi Thorfinnsson Raphael Mayaud 1-0 30 Open
71 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 4 Sreyas Payyappat Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 33 Open
72 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 3 Bragi Thorfinnsson Kanan Hajiyev 0-1 79 Open
73 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 2 Nihal Sarin Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 30 Open
74 2024-07-30 Titled Tue 30th Jul Late chess.com INT 1 Bragi Thorfinnsson Evsuld Myagmarsuren 1-0 55 Open
75 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 9 Viacheslav Tikhonov Bragi Thorfinnsson 0-1 66 Open
76 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 7 Kevin Haack Bragi Thorfinnsson 0-1 62 Open
77 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 6 Bragi Thorfinnsson Marcelo Playa 1-0 21 Open
78 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 5 Bragi Thorfinnsson Michal Mazurkiewicz 1-0 32 Open
79 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 4 Aron Pasti Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 31 Open
80 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 3 Bragi Thorfinnsson Alfeu Junior Varela Bueno 1-0 25 Open
81 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 2 Jose Javier Gonzalez Castillo Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 44 Open
82 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 1 Bragi Thorfinnsson Luisa Bashylina 1/2-1/2 56 Open
83 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 11 Arystanbek Urazayev Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 33 Open
84 2024-07-23 Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late chess.com INT 10 Bragi Thorfinnsson Liwia Jarocka 1-0 68 Open
85 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 9 Bragi Thorfinnsson Andrzej Krzywda 1-0 38 Open
86 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 8 Sune Berg Hansen Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 23 Open
87 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 7 Bragi Thorfinnsson Kler Caku 1-0 69 Open
88 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 6 Bragi Thorfinnsson Bakhtiyar Askarov 0-1 37 Open
89 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 5 Ramon Jr. Manon-og Bragi Thorfinnsson 0-1 26 Open
90 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 4 Maurizio Brancaleoni Bragi Thorfinnsson 0-1 47 Open
91 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 3 Bragi Thorfinnsson Jan Helmer 0-1 53 Open
92 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 2 Sam Schmakel Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 55 Open
93 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 1 Karl-Emil Elmer Nielsen-Refs Bragi Thorfinnsson 0-1 44 Open
94 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 11 Bragi Thorfinnsson Frederick Waldhausen Gordon 1-0 58 Open
95 2024-07-16 Titled Tue 16th Jul Late chess.com INT 10 Ethan Sheehan Bragi Thorfinnsson 0-1 47 Open
96 2023-12-19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early chess.com INT 9 Bragi Thorfinnsson Joakim Nilsson 0-1 30 Open
97 2023-12-19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early chess.com INT 8 Rinat Jumabayev Bragi Thorfinnsson 1-0 67 Open
98 2023-12-19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early chess.com INT 7 Bragi Thorfinnsson Michal Mazurkiewicz 1-0 35 Open
99 2023-12-19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early chess.com INT 6 Aleksandr Shimanov Bragi Thorfinnsson 1/2-1/2 91 Open
100 2023-12-19 Titled Tue 19th Dec Early chess.com INT 5 Bragi Thorfinnsson Casper Liu 1-0 25 Open
  1. vs Dmitry GoltsevLost · 0-1White · 2024-10-01 · Round 10Titled Tue 1st Oct Late
  2. vs Boris TaborovLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 9Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  3. vs Oleksandr ShymanskyiWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 8Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  4. vs Sai Krishna G VLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 7Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  5. vs Jacob FlynnWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 6Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  6. vs Milosz SzparLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 5Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  7. vs Alexander ReprintsevWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 4Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  8. vs Mahammad MuradliLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 3Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  9. vs Mariia DolinskaiaWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 2Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  10. vs Oscar Humberto ArdilaDraw · ½–½White · 2024-09-24 · Round 1Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  11. vs Linxi ZhuWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-24 · Round 11Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  12. vs Antonio Carlos Bambino FilhoLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-24 · Round 10Titled Tue 24th Sep Late
  13. vs Ronaldo Alonso MoreiraWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 9Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  14. vs Bence PribelszkyLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 7Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  15. vs Rafael A VaganianLost · 0-1White · 2024-09-17 · Round 6Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  16. vs Ryo ChenLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 5Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  17. vs Denis GarridoWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 4Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  18. vs Theodore SladeWon · 0-1Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 3Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  19. vs Aleksandr ShimanovLost · 1-0Black · 2024-09-17 · Round 2Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  20. vs Raphael MayaudWon · 1-0White · 2024-09-17 · Round 1Titled Tue 17th Sep Late
  21. vs Sreyas PayyappatLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 4Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  22. vs Kanan HajiyevLost · 0-1White · 2024-07-30 · Round 3Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  23. vs Nihal SarinLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-30 · Round 2Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  24. vs Evsuld MyagmarsurenWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-30 · Round 1Titled Tue 30th Jul Late
  25. vs Viacheslav TikhonovWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 9Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  26. vs Kevin HaackWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 7Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  27. vs Marcelo PlayaWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 6Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  28. vs Michal MazurkiewiczWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 5Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  29. vs Aron PastiLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 4Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  30. vs Alfeu Junior Varela BuenoWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 3Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  31. vs Jose Javier Gonzalez CastilloLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 2Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  32. vs Luisa BashylinaDraw · ½–½White · 2024-07-23 · Round 1Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  33. vs Arystanbek UrazayevLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-23 · Round 11Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  34. vs Liwia JarockaWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-23 · Round 10Titled Tue 23rd Jul Late
  35. vs Andrzej KrzywdaWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-16 · Round 9Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  36. vs Sune Berg HansenLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-16 · Round 8Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  37. vs Kler CakuWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-16 · Round 7Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  38. vs Bakhtiyar AskarovLost · 0-1White · 2024-07-16 · Round 6Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  39. vs Ramon Jr. Manon-ogWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-16 · Round 5Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  40. vs Maurizio BrancaleoniWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-16 · Round 4Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  41. vs Jan HelmerLost · 0-1White · 2024-07-16 · Round 3Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  42. vs Sam SchmakelLost · 1-0Black · 2024-07-16 · Round 2Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  43. vs Karl-Emil Elmer Nielsen-RefsWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-16 · Round 1Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  44. vs Frederick Waldhausen GordonWon · 1-0White · 2024-07-16 · Round 11Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  45. vs Ethan SheehanWon · 0-1Black · 2024-07-16 · Round 10Titled Tue 16th Jul Late
  46. vs Joakim NilssonLost · 0-1White · 2023-12-19 · Round 9Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
  47. vs Rinat JumabayevLost · 1-0Black · 2023-12-19 · Round 8Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
  48. vs Michal MazurkiewiczWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-19 · Round 7Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
  49. vs Aleksandr ShimanovDraw · ½–½Black · 2023-12-19 · Round 6Titled Tue 19th Dec Early
  50. vs Casper LiuWon · 1-0White · 2023-12-19 · Round 5Titled Tue 19th Dec Early

FIDE tournaments

DateTournamentTypeScore
2026-10-08Icelandic Team Chess Championship 26-27 - Premier League Round 1-5Classical4½

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