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Bulic, Josip

FM🇭🇷

FIDEFIDE 14503891· Male· Croatia· Born in 1971

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Josip Bulic, a 55-year-old Croatian FIDE Master, is rated 2226 and sitting in the top 5% of Croatian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 18 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include S: 2. seniorska liga zapad 2026. 4-6, S: 2. seniorska liga zapad 2026. 1-3, and S: OPEN POREC 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including R: XI. OTVORENI POJEDINACNI RAPID TURNIR "PEROJ" 2025.) and 3 blitz events (including B: V. MEMORIJALNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR "DUSKO SRDIC - DULE") recently. His peak of 2299 was reached at age 46 (Apr 2017); he also reached Croatian #84 in Nov 2024.

Awarded FM in 2017 (age 46).

Current rating

2226

Standard

Rpd2192·Blz2221

All-time high

2299

−73 pts below
Apr 2017 · age 46

Activity

17

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 5%

#111 · Croatian players · of 2,407

Career timeline

14 entries
2024
11th Croatian 50-55 player
at age 53 · rated 2258
Dec 2024
Peak Croatian rank: #84
at age 53 · rated 2258
Nov 2024
2017
13th Croatian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2299
Jun 2017
FM title awardedFM
at age 46
May 2017
All-time peak 2299
at age 46 · −73 from today
Apr 2017
2016
16th Croatian 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 2274
Mar 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Miroslav ZuficIM 2,327
S: OPEN POREC 2025 · Dec 2025 · +2.2 Elo
Evolution
-17
2243 → 2226
Tournaments
4
15 games
Score
9/ 1560.0%
5W8D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsDavid MandalinicCM2,127·S: OPEN POREC 2025·R7·+6.7
2.[W]vsBoris Tirkajla2,102·S: 2. seniorska liga zapad 2026. 1-3·R1·+6.3
3.[W]vsIvica Grbac2,068·S: OPEN POREC 2025·R3·+5.2
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsLara ZagoracWFM2,078·S: 2. seniorska liga zapad 2026. 1-3·R2·-14.3
2.[L]vsDavid MandalinicCM2,202·S: 2. seniorska liga zapad 2026. 4-6·R6·-10.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
S: 2. seniorska liga zapad 2026. 4-6
Team
Apr 20260.5/2#582037-10.6
S: 2. seniorska liga zapad 2026. 1-3
Team
Mar 20261.5/3#252112-11.0
S: OPEN POREC 2025
Open Swiss
Dec 20255.5/7#12293+14.6
2. Hrvatska liga zapad 2025 7-9
Team
Oct 20251.5/3#282119-10.0

Most-Played Opponents

vsZvonko Juras
🇭🇷CRO
+71 −9 =35
115 games·last met Oct 2019
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vsMatija Kovacevic
🇭🇷CRO·2044
+64 −6 =19
89 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMladen Cvencek
🇭🇷CRO·1939
+45 −10 =9
64 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsCedomir Milevoj
🇭🇷CRO·1905
+55 −1 =2
58 games·last met Dec 2017
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vsAleksandar Barcal
🇭🇷CRO·1944
+32 −8 =14
54 games·last met Mar 2025
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Rankings

/
Croatia
#111
out of 2,918 players
Europe
#4,737
in continent
World
#6,863
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Croatia
1
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2,624
2
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2,610
3
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2,567
4
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2,563
5
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2,560
6
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2,553
7
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2,513
8
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2,497
9
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2,485
10
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2,468
...
111🇭🇷Bulic, Josip2,226
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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4737🇭🇷Bulic, Josip2,226
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
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2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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6863🇭🇷Bulic, Josip2,226