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Birkic, Josip
🇭🇷FIDE 14553058· Male· Croatia· Born in 2002
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Josip Birkic, a 24-year-old Croatian player, is rated 1995 — just 21 short of his peak of 2016 (Sep 2025, age 23). He has fluctuated between 1959 and 2016 over the past 2 years. 32 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include S: 3. HSL-JUG 2026 3, S: 3. HSL-JUG 2026 1-2, and S: New Zagreb Classic 2026 - Open A. Also played 2 rapid (including R: 7 SPLIT OPEN RAPID TURNIR 2025) and 5 blitz events (including B: Zadar Chess Festival - Blitz Turnir) recently.
At junior level, he reached #11, #5, #7 and #19 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1995
Standard
Rpd2032·Blz2154
All-time high
2016
−21 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 23
Sep 2025 · age 23
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#28,280
#28,280 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2025
All-time peak 2016
at age 23 · −21 from today
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 23
Aug 2025
2023
94th Croatian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2014
Apr 2023
Crossed 2000
at age 21
Feb 2023
2021
11th Croatian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1994
Dec 2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+11
1984 → 1995
Tournaments
8
30 games
Score
16/ 3053.3%
13W6D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #5 | 2694 | +7.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #32 | 1989 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/5 | #96 | 1849 | -19.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #13 | 1967 | -1.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #27 | 1867 | -3.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/1 | #34 | 1852 | -4.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/10 | #59 | 2038 | +11.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #12 | 2060 | +20.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIvan JakicFM
🇭🇷CRO·2319
+5 −10 =1
16 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSasa RezanIM
🇭🇷CRO·2385
+2 −12 =1
15 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAntonio Jankovic
🇭🇷CRO·1998
+4 −5 =3
12 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsSimun Mrkic
🇭🇷CRO·2019
+6 −4 =1
11 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsIvan Zelic
🇭🇷CRO·1812
+9 −0 =0
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#519
out of 2,918 players
Europe
#20,900
in continent
World
#28,280
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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