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Nikolic, Miroslav
🇭🇷FIDE 14514214· Male· Croatia· Born in 1969
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Miroslav Nikolic, a 57-year-old Croatian player, is rated 1682. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent appearances: S: 25. Memorijal Milan Kuzmauovic and S: International Chess Tournament 37th Open Pula 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including R: XI. OTVORENI POJEDINACNI RAPID TURNIR "PEROJ" 2025.) and 5 blitz events (including B: MEDJUNARODNI FESTIVAL SAHA DANI GROZDJA BUJE - II. MEMORIJAL STJEPAN RADIC - EKIPNI BRZOPOTEZNI TURNIR) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 19 months (2008–2010) and 27 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1768 was reached at age 55 (May 2024).
Current rating
1682
Standard
Rpd1742·Blz1721
All-time high
1768
−86 pts below
May 2024 · age 55
May 2024 · age 55
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#116,442
#116,442 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+200 Elo)
1547 → 1747
Jul 2024
All-time peak 1768
at age 55 · −86 from today
May 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 55
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 1581 → returned at 1589
Mar 2020
2017
Re-crossed 1600
at age 48
Oct 2017
2015
100 career games
at age 46
Mar 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-6
1688 → 1682
Tournaments
2
17 games
Score
5.5/ 1732.4%
4W3D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 2.5/8 | #213 | 1549 | -29.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/8 | #9 | 1681 | -5.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsHusnija Saric
🇭🇷CRO·1721
+16 −28 =9
53 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsVerdin Hatemic
🇭🇷CRO
+41 −5 =3
49 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsZvonko Juras
🇭🇷CRO
+19 −23 =5
47 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsMilan Jursic
🇭🇷CRO·1623
+16 −7 =20
43 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsKresimir Kvaternik
🇭🇷CRO·1906
+6 −26 =10
42 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
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Croatia
#1,767
out of 2,918 players
Europe
#81,144
in continent
World
#116,437
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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