GM

Hjartarson, Johann

ISL ISL·Born 1963·FIDE #2300044·2,798 Games

Classical24662,561 Games
Rapid240594 Games
Blitz2424143 Games

Statistics

2798

Total

1225

Wins

803

Draws

769

Losses

44%29%27%

Play Style

What you need to know before facing them

Elite accuracy: 92.8% average
Solid conversion: 83%
Very consistent (86%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.g3 ♚ (73% in 11 games)

Deep Analysis

Stockfish 18 · Classical games · 306 analyzed

Accuracy by phase
Opening96.6%
Middlegame92.9%
Endgame94.6%

Clutch Factor

Performance under pressure

+5%
Winning (+2 or more)94%
102 Games
Equal position95%
109 Games
Losing (-2 or more)89%
95 Games

Problematic Pieces

Which pieces cause most errors?

22%
84 errors
21%
80 errors
17%
63 errors
16%
59 errors
14%
54 errors
9%
34 errors

Critical Moment

When does the first serious error occur?

Move 32average
1-15
16-25
26-35
36-45
46+
41% of blunders occur between move 26-35. Keep tension until that moment.

Error Heatmap

Where do most errors occur?

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10
9
9
11
11
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12
10
15
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Many
Few
Critical squares
d115 err
f613 err
f412 err
d411 err
g511 err
d1/f6 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Recent Games

L
Briem, Benedikt2244

TCh-ISL Kvika 2025-26 · 8 Mar 2026

0-1
D
Domalchuk-Jonasson, Aleksandr2362

Icelandic team chess cham... · 7 Mar 2026

½-½
D
Stremavicius, Titas2547

Icelandic team chess cham... · 6 Mar 2026

½-½
L
Petrov,N2572

TCh-ISL Kvika 2025-26 · 5 Mar 2026

1-0
L
Petrov, Nikita2555

Icelandic team chess cham... · 5 Mar 2026

1-0
D
Mitusov, Semen2482

TCh-NOR Elite 2025-26 · 8 Feb 2026

½-½

Openings

Based on player games

Weaknesses

EXPLOIT!
White
English: Symmetrical
62.5%
8 GamesLow sample·Loses

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6

Italian: Giuoco Piano
56.3%
16 Games·Loses

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5

Black
Sicilian: 2...Nc6
66.7%
9 GamesLow sample·Loses

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6

Strengths

AVOID
White
Italian: Two Knights
76.9%
13 Games·Wins

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6

English: g3 System
61.5%
13 Games·Wins

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6

Black
Reti: Double Fianchetto
76.5%
17 Games·Wins

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5

Sicilian: e6 Systems
47.9%
71 Games·Wins

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6

Critical Blunders

Tactical errors analyzed with Stockfish

10 errors
#65Qc5??
Endgame
vs Safarli
OTB·2025
#43Qxf6??
Endgame
vs Unzicker
OTB·2025
#38Rh8??
Tactics
vs Van der Werf
OTB·2025
#24Nb6??
Tactics
vs Bazakutsa
OTB·2024
#31Kf7??
Tactics
vs Godena
OTB·2024
#39Rxh4+??
Tactics
vs Bisby
OTB·2024
#31Qh8+??
Tactics
vs Ptacnikova
OTB·2024
#32Qd6??
Tactics
vs Mamedov
Blitz·2023
#52Nf6??
Endgame
vs Makovec
Blitz·2023
#37b2??
Tactics
vs Hrvacic
Blitz·2023
Endgame Statistics

23 endgame categories analyzed — discover where they collapse under pressure

Repertoire
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1383 Games
46%28%26%
1.e4
61%
589
1.d4
59%
385
1.c4
62%
273
1.Nf3
62%
136
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