Career His 11 titles make him the record holder for most Championships. His current Elo rating is 2602.
Achievements Hannes has won the Icelandic Chess Championship every year since 1998 except for 2000 and 2009 when he didn"t participate. He won at Athens 1993 (Acropolis International) and tied for 1st-4th with Hedinn Steingrimsson, Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Mihail Marin in the Reykjavik Open tournament 2009. He won the International chess tournament Open Teplice 2015 in the Czechoslovakian Republic.