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Salkovic, Matej
🇭🇷FIDE 14593939· Male· Croatia· Born in 2009
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Matej Salkovic, a 17-year-old Croatian player, is rated 1877 — just 24 short of his peak of 1901 (Feb 2026, age 17). He is progressing steadily with +78 Elo over the past 12 months. 62 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include S: FINALE KUPA REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE ZA SAHISTE ZA 2026., S: 2. seniorska liga zapad 2026. 4-6, and S: 2. seniorska liga zapad 2026. 1-3. Also played 4 rapid (including R: XI. OTVORENI POJEDINACNI RAPID TURNIR "PEROJ" 2025.) and 8 blitz events (including B: MEDJUNARODNI FESTIVAL SAHA DANI GROZDJA BUJE - II. MEMORIJAL STJEPAN RADIC - EKIPNI BRZOPOTEZNI TURNIR) recently.
At junior level, he reached #18, #20 and #20 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1877
Standard
Rpd1796·Blz1928
All-time high
1901
−24 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 17
Feb 2026 · age 17
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
54 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#53,963
#53,963 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 1901
at age 17 · −24 from today
Feb 2026
18th Croatian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1900
Jan 2026
100 career games
at age 17
Jan 2026
2025
20th Croatian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1892
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 16
Jul 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 16
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+58
1819 → 1877
Tournaments
10
48 games
Score
30.5/ 4863.5%
27W7D14L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsLuka D Radic1,987·S: Pojedinacno juniorsko prvenstvo Hrvatske - juniori do 17 godina·R8·+29.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsStipe Mihaljevic1,554·S: Pojedinacno juniorsko prvenstvo Hrvatske - juniori do 17 godina·R1·-32.9
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1.5/4 | #113 | 1899 | +1.2 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 2.5/3 | #7 | 1958 | +12.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #30 | 1947 | +7.6 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 4.5/8 | #5 | 1876 | -44.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/6 | #39 | 2037 | +8.4 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/4 | #1 | 2403 | +29.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/3 | #14 | 1818 | -6.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/2 | #12 | 1864 | -0.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 4/4 | #5 | 2555 | +19.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #14 | 1886 | +34.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDanijel Kocijan
🇭🇷CRO·1625
+14 −1 =0
15 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsZvan Sosic
🇭🇷CRO·2032
+3 −8 =0
11 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsKarlo Doblanovic
🇭🇷CRO·1534
+8 −2 =0
10 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsEma Kvaternik
🇭🇷CRO·1744
+7 −2 =0
9 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsZdravko Crnkovic
🇭🇷CRO·1932
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#964
out of 2,918 players
Europe
#39,636
in continent
World
#53,962
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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