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Pehar, Borna
🇭🇷FIDE 14416689· Male· Croatia· Born in 2009
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Borna Pehar, a 17-year-old Croatian player, is rated 2135 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +115 Elo over the past 12 months. 85 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, S: MEDJUNARODNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR OPEN ''BOSNJACI 2026'', and S: 3. OTVORENI MEDJUNARODNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR DUBROVNIK ADVENT 2025. Also played 6 rapid (including R: Medjunarodni sahovski turnir Dan grada Makarske 2025) and 3 blitz events (including B: Zadar Chess Festival - Blitz Turnir) recently. His peak of 2183 was reached at age 17 (Feb 2026).
Competes for Croatia since Jan 2022. At junior level, he reached World #61 in U10 and #4, #6, #2 and #3 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2135
Standard
Rpd2180·Blz2173
All-time high
2183
−48 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 17
Feb 2026 · age 17
Activity
83
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
85 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#696 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,644
Career timeline
15 entries2026
4th Croatian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2183
Feb 2026
All-time peak 2183
at age 17 · −48 from today
Feb 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 17
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 16
Apr 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 15
May 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
S: 3. OTVORENI MEDJUNARODNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR DUBROVNIK ADVENT 2025perf 2257 (+102) · 5.5/7 · #4
Top opponent
Evolution
+83
2052 → 2135
Tournaments
10
75 games
Score
42.5/ 7556.7%
33W19D23L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/10 | #332 | 2091 | -48.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/9 | #18 | 2199 | +28.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/7 | #4 | 2257 | +65.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/3 | #36 | 2060 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/8 | #84 | 1958 | -44.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2.5/3 | #4 | 2456 | +54.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/10 | #37 | 2029 | -9.7 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #13 | 2075 | +19.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/7 | #21 | 2138 | +28.8 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5/9 | #76 | 2029 | -6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDomagoj Begic
🇭🇷CRO·2137
+4 −2 =2
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAdrian PetrusCM
🇭🇷CRO·2112
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsVid Kresic
🇭🇷CRO·2107
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsAndrej GalFM
🇭🇷CRO·2315
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsBartol Simunkovic
🇭🇷CRO·2132
+2 −0 =4
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#214
out of 2,905 players
Europe
#8,930
in continent
World
#12,392
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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