Format
KD
Kurtovic, Darko
🇭🇷FIDE 14580225· Male· Croatia· Born in 2007
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Darko Kurtovic, a 19-year-old Croatian player, is rated 2176 — just 9 short of his peak of 2185 (Jun 2025, age 18) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2007 and 2185 over the past 2 years. 63 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include S: 2. HSL-JUG 2026 1-3, S: Prvenstvo zupanije Splitsko - dalmatinske u sahu za 2026. godinu, and S: 1. OTVORENO ZIMSKO PRVENSTVO GRADA SPLITA. Also played 5 rapid (including R: Medjunarodni sahovski turnir Dan grada Makarske 2025) and 5 blitz events (including B: OTVORENI MEDJUNARODNI BRZOPOTEZNI SAHOVSKI TURNIR 4. BLITZ HVAR 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #7, #8, #4, #27 and #22 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2176
Standard
Rpd2221·Blz2035
All-time high
2185
−9 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 18
Jun 2025 · age 18
Activity
54
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
52 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#9,533 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2026
7th Croatian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2176
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
8th Croatian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2185
Jun 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Jun 2025
All-time peak 2185
at age 18 · −9 from today
Jun 2025
2024
Crossed 2100
at age 17
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
S: Prvenstvo zupanije Splitsko - dalmatinske u sahu za 2026. godinuperf 2234 (+64) · 7/9 · #2
Evolution
-9
2185 → 2176
Tournaments
8
52 games
Score
34/ 5265.4%
26W16D10L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsStipe Poljak2,109·S: Pojedinacno juniorsko prvenstvo Hrvatske - juniori do 19 godina·R8·+17.8
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsRobert VeleskiFM2,096·S: 8th International Chess Tournament, "Solta Chess Open 2025"·R9·-22.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 2/3 | #7 | 2243 | +6.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7/9 | #2 | 2234 | +20.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/6 | #12 | 2130 | +2.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/3 | #16 | 2266 | +23.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/3 | #34 | 2138 | +2.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6.5/10 | #22 | 2126 | +0.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #8 | 2102 | -25.9 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 5.5/9 | #15 | 2081 | -38.0 |
Worst Elo result: S: 8th International Chess Tournament, "Solta Chess Open 2025" (-38.0 Elo, finished #15).
Most-Played Opponents
vsAnte Tomas
🇭🇷CRO·2145
+5 −4 =6
15 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsMarin GrgantovFM
🇭🇷CRO·2257
+1 −8 =6
15 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsStipe Poljak
🇭🇷CRO·2156
+4 −3 =6
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsRoko Petric
🇭🇷CRO·1997
+6 −2 =2
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsZlatko Pavicevic
🇭🇷CRO·1809
+7 −2 =0
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#156
out of 2,918 players
Europe
#6,746
in continent
World
#9,533
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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