Guðmundur Kjartansson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Guðmundur.

Guðmundur Kjartansson is an Icelandic chess grandmaster.

Guðmundur Kjartansson
Country	Iceland
Born	(1988-03-06) March 6, 1988 (age 37) Reykjavík, Iceland
Title	Grandmaster (2021)[1]
FIDE rating	2437 (June 2025)
Peak rating	2503 (April 2021)

Chess career

In August 2020, he won the Icelandic Chess Championship for the third time after managing to hold Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson to a draw in the final round (whereas the other tournament leader Helgi Grétarsson lost his game).^[2][3][4]

In May 2021, he finished third in the national championship, behind winner Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson and runner-up Jóhann Hjartarson.^[5]

In May 2023, Guðmundur, Vignir Vatnar Stefansson and Hannes Stefánsson scored 8.5/11 and tied for first place in the national championship. The trio played against each other in blitz tiebreaks, and Guðmundur ultimately lost to Vignir Vatnar Stefánsson.^[6]