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Novosel, Lovro
IM🇭🇷FIDE 14547120· Male· Croatia· Born in 2005
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Lovro Novosel, a 21-year-old Croatian International Master, is rated 2322 and ranked 42nd among Croatian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 14 months. 84 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2. Bundesliga West AUT 2025-2026 Round 9-11, Budapest Spring Festival 2026, and Int. Graz Open 2026 - A. Also played 3 rapid (including Drzavno ekipno prvenstvo v pospesenem sahu 2026 - clani) and 7 blitz events (including B: Super United Croatian Grand Chess Tour 2025 - OPEN BLITZ TURNIR) recently. He took a 12-month break between Nov 2014 and Dec 2015. His peak of 2400 was reached at age 18 (Jun 2023, Croatian #30 at the time).
Awarded IM in 2025 (age 20) and FM in 2023 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #59 in U18 and #1, #1, #5, #13 and #4 nationally in U20, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2322
Standard
Rpd2238·Blz2428
All-time high
2400
−78 pts below
Jun 2023 · age 18
Jun 2023 · age 18
Activity
88
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
84 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#42
#42 · Croatian players · of 2,410
Career timeline
21 entries2025
IM title awardedIM
at age 20 · 2025 3rd FIDE Council
Nov 2025
500 career games
at age 20
Apr 2025
2024
1st Croatian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2373
Feb 2024
2023
59th U18 player worldwide
at age 18 · rated 2398
Jul 2023
Peak Croatian rank: #30
at age 18 · rated 2400
Jun 2023
Crossed 2400
at age 18
Jun 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-16
2338 → 2322
Tournaments
9
85 games
Score
41.5/ 8548.8%
40W21D24L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #11 | 3028 | +8.3 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #43 | 2347 | +1.7 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #75 | 2201 | -14.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 4.5/9 | #29 | 2273 | -7.2 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3.5/5 | #15 | 2306 | -0.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/9 | #6 | 2393 | +6.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/9 | #144 | 2178 | -20.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #11 | 2281 | -6.7 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 7/9 | #2 | 2475 | +15.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDamian VucenovicFM
🇭🇷CRO·2195
+8 −5 =3
16 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsIvan Troselj
🇭🇷CRO·2082
+8 −3 =4
15 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsSimun Dumancic
🇭🇷CRO·2142
+5 −2 =3
10 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsLuka KarlusicFM
🇭🇷CRO·2227
+4 −3 =3
10 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsKristijan Sagovac
🇭🇷CRO·2098
+6 −2 =1
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#42
out of 2,905 players
Europe
#2,246
in continent
World
#3,431
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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