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Gal, Andrej
FM🇭🇷FIDE 14567563· Male· Croatia· Born in 2009
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Andrej Gal, a 17-year-old Croatian FIDE Master, is rated 2315 — just 1 short of his peak of 2316 (May 2024, age 15) and ranked 50th among Croatian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +37 Elo over the past 12 months. 87 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, S: GRAND PRIX HSS - 2026., and S: MEDJUNARODNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR OPEN ''BOSNJACI 2026''. Also played 1 rapid (including R: Pozivni turnir mladih "Ljetna zavrsnica" Sesvete 2025.) and 3 blitz events (including B: Super United Croatian Grand Chess Tour 2025 - OPEN BLITZ TURNIR) recently. He reached Croatian #50 in May 2026.
Awarded FM in 2024 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #84 in U16, World #80 in U10 and #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U18, U14, U12 and U8.
Current rating
2315
Standard
Rpd2116·Blz2259
All-time high
2316
−1 pts below
May 2024 · age 15
May 2024 · age 15
Activity
83
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
87 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#50
#50 · Croatian players · of 2,410
Career timeline
21 entries2026
Peak Croatian rank: #50
at age 17 · rated 2315
May 2026
Re-crossed 2300
at age 17
May 2026
500 career games
at age 17
Feb 2026
1st Croatian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2313
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 16
Dec 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 15
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+57
2258 → 2315
Tournaments
11
85 games
Score
50/ 8558.8%
35W37D13L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsIvano SundacFM2,275·S: Pojedinacno juniorsko prvenstvo Hrvatske - juniori do 17 godina·R8·+11.0
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsAdrian PetrusCM2,203·S: Pojedinacno juniorsko prvenstvo Hrvatske - juniori do 17 godina·R5·-11.1
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #159 | 2368 | +19.4 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | R16 | 2325 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/8 | #22 | 2291 | +2.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #6 | 2153 | -18.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 6.5/9 | #7 | 2443 | +41.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/9 | #16 | 2276 | +6.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1.5/2 | #16 | 2243 | +0.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 7/10 | #7 | 2331 | +27.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #3 | 2199 | -3.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2/6 | #62 | 2166 | -15.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIvano SundacFM
🇭🇷CRO·2257
+4 −1 =5
10 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsLovro NovoselIM
🇭🇷CRO·2322
+3 −4 =2
9 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMarin GrgantovFM
🇭🇷CRO·2322
+6 −2 =1
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsBorna FrancFM
🇭🇷CRO·2245
+2 −1 =6
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsDamian VucenovicFM
🇭🇷CRO·2195
+5 −2 =2
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#50
out of 2,905 players
Europe
#2,389
in continent
World
#3,631
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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