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Safar, Sandro
FM🇭🇷FIDE 14536900· Male· Croatia· Born in 1999
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Sandro Safar, a 27-year-old Croatian FIDE Master, is rated 2322 and ranked 44th among Croatian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 9 months. 28 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include S: FINALE KUPA REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE ZA SAHISTE ZA 2026., S: MEDJUNARODNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR OPEN ''BOSNJACI 2026'', and S: Kvalifikacije za ulazak u 1. b ligu. Also played 1 rapid (including European Universities Chess Championship 2025 - Open rapid) and 8 blitz events (including B: Super United Croatian Grand Chess Tour 2025 - OPEN BLITZ TURNIR) recently. His peak of 2354 was reached at age 26 (Jun 2025, Croatian #34 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 26) and CM in 2022 (age 23). At junior level, he reached #4, #6, #13, #18 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2322
Standard
Rpd2178·Blz2243
All-time high
2354
−32 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 26
Jun 2025 · age 26
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#44
#44 · Croatian players · of 2,407
Career timeline
22 entries2025
Peak Croatian rank: #34
at age 26 · rated 2354
Jul 2025
All-time peak 2354
at age 26 · −37 from today
Jun 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 26
Jan 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 26
Jan 2025
2023
500 career games
at age 24
Aug 2023
Re-crossed 2200
at age 24
May 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-32
2354 → 2322
Tournaments
5
27 games
Score
15/ 2755.6%
12W6D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 3/6 | #64 | 2356 | +4.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 6/9 | #20 | 2275 | -4.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/3 | #17 | 2183 | -12.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #56 | 2326 | -0.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/7 | #51 | 2207 | -20.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTeo TomulicFM
🇭🇷CRO·2337
+20 −39 =7
66 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsIvan Troselj
🇭🇷CRO·2082
+38 −2 =3
43 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsDaniel Duda
🇭🇷CRO·1970
+22 −6 =4
32 games·last met Dec 2017
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vsAnamarija RadikovicWFM
🇭🇷CRO·1974
+29 −2 =0
31 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsEnrico GhersinichFM
🇭🇷CRO·2263
+17 −9 =4
30 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#44
out of 2,918 players
Europe
#2,241
in continent
World
#3,410
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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