GM
Olafsson, Helgi
ISL·Born 1956·FIDE #2300010·1,450 Games
ISL Classical24471,402 Games
Rapid249622 Games
Blitz240426 Games
Statistics
1450
Total
495
Wins
633
Draws
322
Losses
34%44%22%
Play Style
What you need to know before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.8% average
Plays 2.1% better with white
Low resilience (33%): Doesn't save lost positions
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.c4 ♔ (65% in 184 games)
Deep Analysis
Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 64 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening96.6%
Middlegame93.4%
Endgame95.2%
Clutch Factor
Performance under pressure
Winning (+2 or more)95%
11 Games
Equal position94%
33 Games
Losing (-2 or more)86%
20 Games
Problematic Pieces
Which pieces cause most errors?
♙
23%
15 errors
♞
22%
14 errors
♗
18%
12 errors
♕
17%
11 errors
♖
17%
11 errors
♔
3%
2 errors
Critical Moment
When does the first serious error occur?
Move 44average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
40% of blunders occur between move 46+. Keep tension until that moment.
Error Heatmap
Where do most errors occur?
3
4
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
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Many
Few
Critical squares
e64 err
d63 err
e43 err
f43 err
b42 err
e6/d6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.
Recent Games
D
Nunn, John D M2514
World Senior Teams +65 · 28 Apr 2026
D
Janovsky, Sergey2496
World Senior Teams +65 · 27 Apr 2026
D
Ftacnik, Lubomir2417
World Senior Teams +65 · 26 Apr 2026
W
Vaisser, Anatoly2412
World Senior Teams +65 · 25 Apr 2026
D
Heim, Sverre2294
World Senior Teams +65 · 23 Apr 2026
W
Welling, Gerard2214
World Senior Teams +65 · 22 Apr 2026
Openings
Based on player games
Weaknesses
EXPLOIT!White
No significant weaknesses detected as White
Black
Sicilian: Closed
55.6%9 GamesLow sample·Loses
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6
Strengths
AVOIDWhite
English: Anglo-Indian
66.7%15 Games·Wins
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6
Black
Nimzo-Indian: Fischer
60.0%10 Games·Wins
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6
Sicilian: e6 Systems
45.5%22 Games·Wins
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6
Critical Blunders
Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish
10 errors
▶
#48Nc1??
Endgame
vs Hardaway
OTB·2025
▶
#24Rxe4??
Tactics
vs Laurusas
OTB·2025
▶
#36Bxe8??
Tactics
vs Temirbayev
OTB·2025
▶
#57b6a5??
Endgame
vs Kasparov
Rapid·2000
▶
#30Qxa4??
Tactics
vs Korchnoi
Rapid·2000
▶
#88Ba8??
Endgame
vs Ivanchuk
OTB
▶
#21e5d3??
Endgame
vs Karpov
Rapid
▶
#34Qh2+??
Tactics
vs Larsen
OTB
▶
#10Nxd7??
Tactics
vs Portisch
OTB
▶
#41Rhd2??
Endgame
vs Larsen
OTB
Endgame Statistics
17 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure
Repertoire
☰ All
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38%44%18%
1.d4
57%316
1.c4
66%184
1.Nf3
58%172
1.e4
62%52
1.g3
100%1