Bragi Thorfinnsson
Bragi Þorfinnsson in 2016
CountryIceland
Born10 April 1981 (1981-04-10) (age 42)
Reykjavík, Iceland
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
Peak rating2493 (June 2013)

Bragi Thorfinnsson (born 10 April 1981) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster.[1][2]

Chess career

Born in 1981, Bragi earned his international master title in 2003.[3] He achieved his first grandmaster norm at the Four Nations Chess League 2012–13, scoring 6½/9 for the Jutes of Kent.[3][4] He also reached an Elo rating of 2500 after six rounds of this event.[3] He earned the second norm at the 2016–17 Icelandic Team Chess Championship, scoring 7/9, and his final norm at the Kragerø Resort Chess – A tournament in February 2018, scoring 7/9. He was awarded his GM title by FIDE in April 2018,[4] becoming the fourteenth and—at age 36—oldest Icelander to achieve the title.[5][6]

He is the no. 10 ranked Icelandic player as of September 2020.[7]

Personal life

Bragi is the younger brother of international master and journalist Björn Thorfinnsson. Bragi is not a professional chess player, and works full-time as a school teacher. He is married and has three children.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ómar Óskarsson (9 April 2018). "Bragi Þorfinnsson stórmeistari í skák". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
  2. ↑ Runólfur Trausti Þórhallsson (9 April 2018). "Bragi Þorfinnsson orðinn stórmeistari" (in Icelandic). RÚV.
  3. 1 2 3 Staff writer(s) (8 May 2013). "Bragi Þorfinnsson með stórmeistaraáfanga" (in Icelandic). RÚV.
  4. 1 2 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, April 6-9, Minsk, Belarus FIDE
  5. 1 2 Björn Thorfinnsson (2 March 2018). "Bragi fjórtándi – elsti stórmeistari Íslandssögunnar". DV (in Icelandic).
  6. ↑ Baldur Guðmundsson (2 March 2018). "Skrifaði frétt um "rígmontinn" litla bróður sinn". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic).
  7. ↑ Staff writer(s) (March 2018). "Federations Ranking – Iceland". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
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