What is Helgi Olafsson's FIDE rating?

Helgi Olafsson's FIDE rating is 2447 standard, 2491 rapid, 2404 blitz. Chess Stalker tracks it together with Helgi Olafsson's over-the-board games and opening repertoire.

How many OTB games has Helgi Olafsson played?

The Chess Stalker database holds 1,438 over-the-board games by Helgi Olafsson (1,390 classical, 22 rapid, 26 blitz), with 34% wins. The full list, with openings and results, is on Helgi Olafsson's Chess Stalker profile.

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Open Helgi Olafsson's free Chess Stalker report: opening repertoire with results per line as White and Black, recurring weaknesses and blunder patterns evaluated with Stockfish, and recent games. Then rehearse against the Twin Bot, which imitates Helgi Olafsson's style, before facing them.

Helgi Olafsson

ISLborn 1956FIDE ID 2300010

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026

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2491 · Sep 2023

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2491Rapid

2447Classical

2404Blitz

2555peak, Apr 2014

1,438games

492wins, 34%

627draws, 44%

319losses, 22%

Rated gamesInactive · rating frozenOfficial FIDE lists · drag the range below the chartPeak 2555 · Apr 2014

Play style

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Elite accuracy: 92.2% average

Low resilience (31%): Doesn't save lost positions

Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game

Dominates 1.c4 as

(65% in 183 games)

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Based on

1,438 games

Based on 1,438 games

Openings

1,438 gamesBased on 1,438 player games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White

English: Anglo-Indian1.c4 ♞f6 2.♞c3 g615 games, last played 11 years ago66.7%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 93 analyzedStockfish · Classical games · 93 analyzed

Accuracy by phase

Opening

96.7%

Middlegame

93.4%

Endgame

94.9%

Clutch factor

+8%

Winning (+2)Winning (+2)

95%18g

EqualEqual position

94%43g

Losing (−2)Losing (−2)

88%32g

Accuracy under pressure barely drops when losing.

Problematic pieces

23%

22 err

21%

20 err

21%

20 err

16%

15 err

16%

15 err

4 err

Critical moment

Move 43 avg

1-15

17%

16-25

17%

26-35

33%

36-45

33%

46+

33% of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.of blunders occur after move 36-45. Keep tension until then.

Error heatmap · Critical squaresError heatmap

Few

Many

40Errors mapped

e4 / c5Hotspot zone

Critical squares

66 err

55 err

44 err

e4/c5 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors · Stockfish

#24

♜xe4?? vs Laurusas

Middlegame · OTB · 2025

#48

♞c1?? vs Hardaway

Endgame · OTB · 2025

#36

♝xe8?? vs Temirbayev

Middlegame · OTB · 2025

#36

♞xc3?? vs Donchenko

Middlegame · OTB · 2024

#58

♚c5?? vs Hansen

Endgame · OTB · 2023

#37

♛xb2?? vs Arngrimsson

Endgame · OTB · 2023

Recent games

1,438 games

Nunn, John D M(2514)

World Senior Teams +65 · 28 Apr 2026

½–½

Janovsky, Sergey(2496)

World Senior Teams +65 · 27 Apr 2026

½–½

Ftacnik, Lubomir(2417)

World Senior Teams +65 · 26 Apr 2026

½–½

Vaisser, Anatoly(2412)

World Senior Teams +65 · 25 Apr 2026

1–0

Heim, Sverre(2294)

World Senior Teams +65 · 23 Apr 2026

½–½

Welling, Gerard(2214)

World Senior Teams +65 · 22 Apr 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

44 endgames (44.9%) · force Rook vs Rook (10%)

Strongest

79.4%

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

Weakest

60.6%

Pure Pawn

Reaches Endgame

44.9%

44 / 98

B vs N Pref

52.4%·47.8%

prefers the bishop

PiecesTypeWin %games

Rook + Equal Minors

56%44%

77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight

59%41%

79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)

49%50%

73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook

48%50%

72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors

56%44%

78.1%160g

Pure Pawn

36%50%14

60.6%109g

Rook + Equal Minors77.9%353g

R+Bishop vs R+Knight79.4%306g

Rook vs Minor (Exchange)73.7%281g

Rook vs Rook72.6%252g

Rook vs Two Minors78.1%160g

Pure Pawn60.6%109g

Weak in Rook vs Rook: only 10% win rate (10 games). Force this endgameShow all 14 types

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Repertoire

PROTime controls · Years · Events

1,438 games in scope

Explore the repertoireevery move played, ranked by frequency

718 games38%W44%D18%L

718games in this linewon 38%, drew 44%, lost 18%

Move

1. d4

3155m

32%50%18%

58%

1. c4

1835m

45%40%15

65%

1. ♞f3

1689m

39%39%22%

59%

1. e4

513y

41%43%16

63%

1. g3

1Aug 1999

100%

Scouting report: Helgi Olafsson (GM, ISL)