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Zelic, Mladen
FM🇭🇷FIDE 14501244· Male· Croatia· Born in 1959
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Mladen Zelic, a 67-year-old Croatian FIDE Master, is rated 2168 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 31 Elo over the past 12 months. 40 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 34. ekipno prvenstvo RH 1. A seniorska sahovska liga, S: OTVORENI MEDJUNARODNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR 4. OPEN HVAR 2025., and 4. HSL-JUG 8-9. His peak of 2328 was reached at age 50 (Jul 2009); he also reached Croatian #81 in Jan 2017.
Awarded FM in 2001 (age 42). Earned IM norms at 18 Chess Festival Bled 1997 Open A, Xmas Chess Tnmt Zadar 1998, and 12th CRO TM CC 1st League 2003.
Current rating
2168
Standard
Rpd2247·Blz2175
All-time high
2328
−160 pts below
Jul 2009 · age 50
Jul 2009 · age 50
Activity
35
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#10,019 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
26 entries2025
8th Croatian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 2199
Jul 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 65
Aug 2024
2023
8th Croatian 60-65 player
at age 64 · rated 2257
Aug 2023
Best 12-month gain (+47 Elo)
2210 → 2257
Aug 2023
2020
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2244 → returned at 2245
Jan 2020
2017
Peak Croatian rank: #81
at age 58 · rated 2323
Jan 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-31
2199 → 2168
Tournaments
7
41 games
Score
22.5/ 4154.9%
14W17D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Most-Played Opponents
vsSrdjan SaleIM
🇭🇷CRO·2245
+0 −7 =5
12 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsZdenko PlenkovicIM
🇭🇷CRO·2350
+0 −4 =5
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsVjekoslav BiliskovFM
🇭🇷CRO·2195
+2 −1 =5
8 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsJovan Milosavljevic
🇭🇷CRO·2018
+7 −0 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAnte Tomas
🇭🇷CRO·2145
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Sep 2022
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Rankings
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Croatia
#167
out of 2,905 players
Europe
#7,122
in continent
World
#10,019
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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