IMBjorn Thorfinnsson

ISL Born 1979 Male

FIDE ID: 2300982

About Bjorn Thorfinnsson

Björn Thorfinnsson helped Iceland win the 1995 Under-16 Chess Olympiad. He became an international master and later served as president of the Icelandic Chess Federation. His younger brother Bragi also pursued chess and became a grandmaster. Björn combined playing with journalism, joining DV as a reporter in 2015 and later working as its news editor. After a period at Fréttablaðið, he returned to DV as editor in 2021. He continued competing while working in newspapers and had earned two grandmaster norms by the time of that appointment.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2358

Published FIDE

Rapid

2382

Published FIDE

Blitz

2404

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank: #2520
National rank · ISL: #17

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating: 2422 Jul 2008
Recorded years: 2001–2026
Archived games: 197

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Rating history

FIDE rating history

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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
1	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	1	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Alazmi,Amani	Won: 1-0	40	Open
2	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	8	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Rich,Aaron	Won: 1-0	39	Open
3	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	11	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Iniyan,Pa	Lost: 0-1	70	Open
4	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	6	Korchynskyi,Mykola	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Lost: 1-0	28	Open
5	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	2	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Mitrabha,G	Lost: 0-1	64	Open
6	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	10	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Estrada Nieto,J	Won: 1-0	47	Open
7	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	4	Onslow,Alfie	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Lost: 1-0	55	Open
8	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	7	Lesueur,Gabriel	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Won: 0-1	25	Open
9	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	9	Silwal,Purushottam	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Lost: 1-0	72	Open
10	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	3	De Lomas Busquets,Alba	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Draw: 1/2-1/2	74	Open
11	2026-03-03	Titled Tue 3rd Mar 2026	chess.com INT	5	Thorfinnsson,Bj	Ardila,Oscar Humberto	Won: 1-0	49	Open
12	2025-03-11	Titled Tue 11th Mar Late	chess.com INT	3	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Isuru Alahakoon	Won: 1-0	46	Open
13	2025-03-11	Titled Tue 11th Mar Late	chess.com INT	2	Arystanbek Urazayev	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	50	Open
14	2025-03-11	Titled Tue 11th Mar Late	chess.com INT	1	Maria Belen Sarquis	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Won: 0-1	72	Open
15	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	9	Ekaterini Pavlidou	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	50	Open
16	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	8	Nikolaos Poupalos	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Won: 0-1	31	Open
17	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	7	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Bence Papp	Lost: 0-1	53	Open
18	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	6	Bakhtiyar Askarov	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	17	Open
19	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	5	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Jorge Leal	Won: 1-0	32	Open
20	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	4	Jan Gustafsson	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	35	Open
21	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	3	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Alexander Rustemov	Won: 1-0	48	Open
22	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	2	Varuzhan Akobian	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Draw: 1/2-1/2	121	Open
23	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	1	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Dana Kochavi	Won: 1-0	59	Open
24	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	11	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Adar Tarhan	Lost: 0-1	30	Open
25	2025-02-11	Titled Tue 11th Feb Late	chess.com INT	10	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Kyle Zhuang	Won: 1-0	35	Open
26	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	9	Alexander Rustemov	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	34	Open
27	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Early	chess.com INT	9	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Pranav Sairam	Won: 1-0	33	Open
28	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	8	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Sergey Eliseev	Won: 1-0	57	Open
29	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Early	chess.com INT	8	Zaw Ye Htut	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Draw: 1/2-1/2	41	Open
30	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	7	Cem Kaan Gokerkan	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	13	Open
31	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Early	chess.com INT	7	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Leonardo Tristan	Lost: 0-1	51	Open
32	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	6	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Luka Karlusic	Won: 1-0	37	Open
33	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Early	chess.com INT	6	Nomin Radnaev	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Won: 0-1	37	Open
34	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	5	Sai Krishna G V	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	37	Open
35	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Early	chess.com INT	5	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Erik Golubovic	Won: 1-0	27	Open
36	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Early	chess.com INT	4	Levi Kalani Alexander Fogo Esquivel	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Won: 0-1	41	Open
37	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	4	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Ivan Andrade	Won: 1-0	58	Open
38	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Early	chess.com INT	3	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Andrei Shishkov	Lost: 0-1	36	Open
39	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	3	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Adrian Antonio Garcia Garcia	Won: 1-0	45	Open
40	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	2	Olexandr Bortnyk	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	32	Open
41	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Early	chess.com INT	2	Kacper Drozdowski	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	55	Open
42	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	1	Agustin Fuentes	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Won: 0-1	34	Open
43	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Early	chess.com INT	11	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Al Khatib Ahmad	Won: 1-0	59	Open
44	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	11	Markus Ragger	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	29	Open
45	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Early	chess.com INT	10	Nikita Shandrygin	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Lost: 1-0	39	Open
46	2025-02-04	Titled Tue 4th Feb Late	chess.com INT	10	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Ricardo D. D`Arruda	Won: 1-0	30	Open
47	2025-01-28	Titled Tue 28th Jan Early	chess.com INT	9	Nebojsa Misailovic	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Draw: 1/2-1/2	63	Open
48	2025-01-28	Titled Tue 28th Jan Late	chess.com INT	9	Vitor Hugo Vieira Ferreira	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Won: 0-1	50	Open
49	2025-01-28	Titled Tue 28th Jan Early	chess.com INT	8	Sarveshwaran V	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	Draw: 1/2-1/2	36	Open
50	2025-01-28	Titled Tue 28th Jan Late	chess.com INT	8	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	David Anton Guijarro	Lost: 0-1	23	Open

FIDE tournaments

Date	Tournament	Type	Score
2026-10-17	41st European Chess Club Cup - OPEN	Classical	4½
2026-10-08	Icelandic Team Chess Championship 26-27 - Premier League Round 1-5	Classical	1½

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