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Tica, Sven
IM🇭🇷FIDE 14526948· Male· Croatia· Born in 1999
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Sven Tica, a 27-year-old Croatian International Master, is rated 2425 and ranked 16th among Croatian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 3 years. 62 rated games in the past year (≈74/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 April 2026, WE 9 Pasqua a Palmanova - A, and 2. Bundesliga West AUT 2025-2026 Round 9-11. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 9 blitz events (including V Mindsports International Festival 2025 - 2nd Night Blitz) recently. His peak of 2461 was reached at age 18 (Nov 2017); he also reached Croatian #14 in Nov 2025.
Awarded IM in 2017 (age 18) and FM in 2015 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #69 in U20, World #42 in U18, World #78 in U16 and #2, #5 and #2 nationally in U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2425
Standard
Rpd2326·Blz2418
All-time high
2461
−36 pts below
Nov 2017 · age 18
Nov 2017 · age 18
Activity
52
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
62 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#16
#16 · Croatian players · of 2,410
Career timeline
26 entries2025
Peak Croatian rank: #14
at age 26 · rated 2441
Nov 2025
2022
1,000 career games
at age 23
Jun 2022
2021
Re-crossed 2400
at age 22
Sep 2021
2020
Re-crossed 2400
at age 21
Apr 2020
2018
69th U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2441
Jan 2018
2017
IM title awardedIM
at age 18 · 88th FIDE Congress 2017
Dec 2017
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-17
2442 → 2425
Tournaments
12
62 games
Score
33.5/ 6254.0%
23W26D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 2.5/3 | #6 | 2679 | +9.3 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/5 | #5 | 2379 | 0.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #22 | 2510 | +2.5 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #58 | 2480 | +1.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/3 | #19 | 2545 | +5.7 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #5 | 2523 | +4.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #114 | 2316 | -2.3 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/7 | #103 | 2098 | -30.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 4.5/9 | #34 | 2388 | -6.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/3 | #25 | 2410 | -1.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTeo TomulicFM
🇭🇷CRO·2366
+26 −7 =13
46 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsJadranko PlencaIM
🇭🇷CRO·2440
+11 −9 =18
38 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsSandro SafarFM
🇭🇷CRO·2317
+23 −3 =0
26 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsIvan Vihor Krsnik CoharFM
🇭🇷CRO·2353
+3 −11 =9
23 games·last met Dec 2013
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vsJulijan PlencaIM
🇭🇷CRO·2451
+4 −9 =9
22 games·last met Oct 2019
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#16
out of 2,905 players
Europe
#800
in continent
World
#1,297
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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