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Malaric, Marko
CM🇭🇷FIDE 14594960· Male· Croatia· Born in 2011
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Marko Malaric, a 15-year-old Croatian Candidate Master, is rated 2042 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 10% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +57 Elo over the past 12 months. 89 rated games in the past year (≈43/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 29. drzavna kadetska liga - odprto, S: 3.A liga SZZ Centar 2026 3-4, and S: 1. Kadetska liga SZZ Centar 2026 - kadeti 7-9. Also played 6 rapid (including Ekipno drzavno prvenstvo v pospesenem sahu do 20 let) and 11 blitz events (including B: Super United Croatian Grand Chess Tour 2025 - OPEN BLITZ TURNIR) recently. His peak of 2203 was reached at age 14 (Dec 2025).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 14). At junior level, he reached #1, #2 and #20 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2042
Standard
Rpd1994·Blz2023
All-time high
2203
−161 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 14
Dec 2025 · age 14
Activity
58
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
80 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#941 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
12 entries2026
1st Croatian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2203
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 2203
at age 14 · −161 from today
Dec 2025
2nd Croatian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2202
Nov 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 14
Nov 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 14
Nov 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 14
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-62
2104 → 2042
Tournaments
13
64 games
Score
38.5/ 6460.2%
31W15D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/4 | #9 | 2041 | +11.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/2 | #47 | 2148 | +14.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 2.5/3 | #4 | 2222 | +29.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5.5/9 | #12 | 1951 | -23.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #61 | 1781 | -26.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 4/4 | #1 | 2541 | +31.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #16 | 1871 | -24.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/9 | #178 | 2104 | -9.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/4 | #94 | 1821 | -78.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 3/7 | #17 | 1959 | -84.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsViseslav Botica
🇭🇷CRO·2079
+3 −3 =5
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsFilip Smudj
🇭🇷CRO·1817
+3 −4 =4
11 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsVito Domic
🇭🇷CRO·1964
+2 −5 =3
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsKevin Kucelj
🇭🇷CRO·2094
+3 −3 =3
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMilan Tusek
🇭🇷CRO·1935
+4 −5 =0
9 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Croatia
#399
out of 2,918 players
Europe
#15,976
in continent
World
#21,735
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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