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Golubovic, Erik
FM🇭🇷FIDE 14586908· Male· Croatia· Born in 2012
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Erik Golubovic, a 14-year-old Croatian FIDE Master, is rated 2306 and ranked 45th among players worldwide under 14, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +134 Elo over the past 12 months. 98 rated games in the past year (≈61/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include S: FINALE KUPA REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE ZA SAHISTE ZA 2026., S: 1. kadetska liga zapad 2026 1-3, and grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open. Also played 4 rapid (including R: 7 SPLIT OPEN RAPID TURNIR 2025) and 9 blitz events (including B: 63. Memorijal prvoga hrvatskoga velemajstora Miie Udovcica) recently. His peak of 2337 was reached at age 14 (Mar 2026); he also reached Croatian #40 in Nov 2025.
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 13) and CM in 2023 (age 11). At junior level, he reached World #14 in U14, World #24 in U12 and World #10 in U10.
Current rating
2306
Standard
Rpd2172·Blz2289
All-time high
2337
−31 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 14
Mar 2026 · age 14
Activity
80
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
99 past 12 mo · ≈8/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#45
#45 · players worldwide under 14 · of 20,060
Career timeline
16 entries2026
All-time peak 2337
at age 14 · −19 from today
Mar 2026
14th U14 player worldwide
at age 14 · rated 2330
Jan 2026
2025
Peak Croatian rank: #40
at age 13 · rated 2334
Nov 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 13
Oct 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 13
Oct 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 13
Oct 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+126
2180 → 2306
Tournaments
15
99 games
Score
59.5/ 9960.1%
44W31D24L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 4/6 | #20 | 2441 | +19.0 |
Team | May 2026 | 1.5/9 | #42 | 2158 | -30.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 2.5/3 | #3 | 2233 | -1.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/9 | #197 | 2282 | -6.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 4/6 | #3 | 2240 | -11.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #5 | 2392 | +7.6 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | R16 | 2310 | -0.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 5.5/9 | #13 | 2388 | +13.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5/9 | #42 | 2138 | -40.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/2 | #56 | 3093 | +22.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIvano Mocic
🇭🇷CRO·2076
+4 −3 =8
15 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsIvano TomljanovicCM
🇭🇷CRO·2136
+3 −6 =3
12 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsZvan Sosic
🇭🇷CRO·2032
+7 −0 =3
10 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsIvan Saina
🇭🇷CRO·1763
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsIvan IvancicCM
🇭🇷CRO·2166
+4 −1 =4
9 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#53
out of 2,918 players
Europe
#2,572
in continent
World
#3,883
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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