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GM

Olafsson, Helgi

ISL ISL·Born 1956

FIDE OTB · #2300010 · 1,450 Games

Classical24471,402 g
Rapid249622 g
Blitz240426 g

Play against Olafsson's Twin

PRO

Uses their openings, level & style

Statistics

Total

1450

Wins

495

Draws

633

Losses

322
34%44%22%

Play Style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 91.8% average
Low resilience (32%): 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 · 65 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.6%
Middlegame
93.3%
Endgame
95.0%
Clutch Factor
+8%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
94%
Losing (−2)
87%
Problematic Pieces
22%
15 err
21%
14 err
19%
13 err
18%
12 err
16%
11 err
4%
3 err
Critical Moment
Move 44 avg
0%
1-15
20%
16-25
20%
26-35
20%
36-45
40%
46+
40% of blunders after move 46 — keep the tension until then.
Error Heatmap
4
4
Few
Many
e4
4 err
e6
4 err
d6
3 err
f4
3 err
f6
3 err
e4/e6 account for most of the errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Openings

1,450 Games

Weaknesses

— exploit these

No significant weaknesses detected as white

asblack55.6%Losses
Sicilian: Closed — 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6
9 Games · Low sample · last played 50 years agoPlay this line

Strengths

— avoid these
aswhite66.7%Wins
English: Anglo-Indian — 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6
15 Games · last played 11 years ago
asblack60.0%Wins
Nimzo-Indian: Fischer — 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6
10 Games · last played 40 years ago
asblack45.5%Wins
Sicilian: e6 Systems — 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6
22 Games · last played 8 months ago

Critical Blunders

10 errors
Nc1??vs HardawayOTB · 2025
Rxe4??vs LaurusasOTB · 2025
Bxe8??vs TemirbayevOTB · 2025
Bf6??vs BluebaumOTB · 2022
b6a5??vs KasparovRapid · 2000
Qxa4??vs KorchnoiRapid · 2000
Ba8??vs IvanchukOTB
e5d3??vs KarpovRapid
Qh2+??vs LarsenOTB
Nxd7??vs PortischOTB

Recent Games

Draw
Nunn, John D M(2514)

World Senior Teams +65 · 28 Apr 2026

½-½
Draw
Janovsky, Sergey(2496)

World Senior Teams +65 · 27 Apr 2026

½-½
Draw
Ftacnik, Lubomir(2417)

World Senior Teams +65 · 26 Apr 2026

½-½
Win
Vaisser, Anatoly(2412)

World Senior Teams +65 · 25 Apr 2026

0-1
Draw
Heim, Sverre(2294)

World Senior Teams +65 · 23 Apr 2026

½-½
Win
Welling, Gerard(2214)

World Senior Teams +65 · 22 Apr 2026

0-1

Endgame Statistics

PRO

Repertoire

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Move arrowsmost-played moves
Stockfish
725 Games
38%44%18%
MoveGamesPerformance%
1.d4
316
57%
1.c4
184
66%
1.Nf3
172
58%
1.e4
52
62%
1.g3Strong
1
100%

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