Bragi Thorfinnsson | |
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![]() Bragi Þorfinnsson in 2016 | |
Country | Iceland |
Born | 10 April 1981 Reykjavík, Iceland | (age 43)
Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
Peak rating | 2493 (June 2013) |
Bragi Thorfinnsson (born 10 April 1981) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. [1] [2]
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]
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]