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Kozul, Zdenko

Kozul, Zdenko

GM🇭🇷

FIDEFIDE 14502879· Male· Croatia· Born in 1966

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Zdenko Kozul, a 60-year-old Croatian Grandmaster, is rated 2493 and ranked 8th among Croatian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is currently in the 2450–2500 range. 47 rated games in the past year (≈90/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, S: GRAND PRIX HSS - 2026., and 1. Bundesliga AUT 2025-2026 Round 1-5. Also played 4 rapid (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Rapid Tournament 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Grand Prix PlusCity - Blitz Tournament 2025) recently. His peak of 2640 was reached at age 38 (Oct 2004, World #56 at the time); he spent 30 months as Croatian #1.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 35).

Current rating

2493

Standard

Rpd2518·Blz2533

All-time high

2640

147 pts below
Oct 2004 · age 38

Activity

48

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

47 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#8

#8 · Croatian players · of 2,410
30 months in #1 nationally (2001–2017)

Career timeline

33 entries
2025
Re-crossed 2500
at age 59
Dec 2025
2022
1st 55-60 player worldwide
at age 56 · rated 2639
Jan 2022
2021
Re-crossed 2600
at age 55
Oct 2021
2018
Re-crossed 2600
at age 52
Jun 2018
2017
Re-crossed 2600
at age 51
Oct 2017
30 months in National #1
longest streak 20 months · since Jan 2001
Apr 2017

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
34. ekipno prvenstvo RH 1. A seniorska sahovska liga
perf 2596 (+96) · 7/8 · #3
Top opponent
vs Ivan SaricGM 2,665
Best comeback
34. ekipno prvenstvo RH 1. A seniorska sahovska liga
finished #3 (seeded #21 of 71)
Evolution
-2
24952493
Tournaments
8
46 games
Score
23.5/ 4651.1%
18W20D8L
Top 3 losses

Last 12 months — tournaments

8 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team
Mar 20261.5/3#572432-2.2
Team
Feb 20262/3#242535+1.6
Knockout
Jan 20263.5/8SF2454-5.2
Team
Dec 20252/5#472488-1.0
Team
Dec 20251/2#702520+0.5
Team
Nov 20257/8#32596+7.7
Round-Robin
Nov 20253.5/9#92431-8.1
Open Swiss
Sep 20253/3#462981+4.9

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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Croatia
#8
out of 2,905 players
Europe
#369
in continent
World
#634
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Croatia
1
🇭🇷Saric, IvanFollow Ivan SaricTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,657
2
🇭🇷Brkic, AnteFollow Ante BrkicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,597
3
🇭🇷Livaic, LeonFollow Leon LivaicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,565
4
🇭🇷Jankovic, AlojzijeFollow Alojzije JankovicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,560
5
🇭🇷Martinovic, SasaFollow Sasa MartinovicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,550
6
🇭🇷Bosiocic, MarinFollow Marin BosiocicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,549
7
🇭🇷Stevic, HrvojeFollow Hrvoje StevicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,517
82,493
9
🇭🇷Jovanovic, ZoranFollow Zoran JovanovicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,492
10
🇭🇷Saric, AnteFollow Ante SaricTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,471
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
369🇭🇷Kozul, Zdenko2,493
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
634🇭🇷Kozul, Zdenko2,493