IM Askell O Karason Full name Askell O Karason Born 1953 (age 73) Place of birth Federation Iceland Profiles # World Ranking 2121 Classical 2178 Rapid 2149 Blitz Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line, Reshevsky Variation (10 games) Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin-Kasparov System (7 games) Slav Defense (7 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (6 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (6 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (14 games) Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (10 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: Wade Defense (8 games) Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (8 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation (8 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Alisher Suleymenov (2523) Askell O Karason (2109) ½-½ 103 2026 Askell O Karason (2099) Bjornsson, Bjorn 1-0 35 2025 Askell O Karason (2108) Evgeny Zanan (2504) 0-1 30 2025 Hilmir Freyr Heimisson (2349) Askell O Karason (2099) 1-0 52 2025 Gergana Peycheva (2200) Askell O Karason (2099) ½-½ 28 2025 Askell O Karason (2057) Juan Pomes Marcet (2201) ½-½ 29 2024 John D M Nunn (2546) Askell O Karason (2066) 1-0 34 2024 Nils-Gustaf Renman (2312) Askell O Karason (2057) 0-1 50 2024 Dr Evgueni Chevelevitch (2312) Askell O Karason (2057) ½-½ 19 2024 Askell O Karason (2146) Petter Stigar (2206) ½-½ 34 2022 Show All Games