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Drnovsek, Nejc
🇸🇮FIDE 14606747· Male· Slovenia· Born in 1990
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Nejc Drnovsek, a 36-year-old player, is rated 2260 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2021–2022) and 12 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: Drzavna clanska liga 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Drzavno ekipno prvenstvo v pospesenem sahu 2026 - clani) and 5 blitz events (including Drzavno ekipno prvenstvo v hitropoteznem sahu 2026 - clani) recently. His peak of 2295 was reached at age 32 (Dec 2022); he also reached #43 nationally in Sep 2023.
At junior level, he reached #2, #3 and #4 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2260
Standard
Rpd2168·Blz2218
All-time high
2295
−35 pts below
Dec 2022 · age 32
Dec 2022 · age 32
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 2%
#5,457 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2282 → returned at 2260
Nov 2024
2023
Peak national rank: #43
at age 33 · rated 2295
Sep 2023
2022
All-time peak 2295
at age 32 · −35 from today
Dec 2022
2021
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2286 → returned at 2295
Nov 2021
2017
Crossed 2200
at age 27
Dec 2017
2012
Re-crossed 2100
at age 22
Jan 2012
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-22
2282 → 2260
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
3/ 742.9%
1W4D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/7 | #45 | 2167 | -21.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsBoris Mitrovic
🇸🇮SLO·1965
+12 −2 =0
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsDenis Sostaric
🇸🇮SLO·1959
+1 −1 =11
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDragan SimicFM
🇸🇮SLO·2153
+9 −1 =1
11 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDusan Vukmirovic
🇷🇸SRB·2026
+7 −0 =3
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsFranc Ml. Virtic
🇸🇮SLO·2120
+2 −2 =5
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
/
Slovenia
#54
out of 1,457 players
Europe
#3,711
in continent
World
#5,457
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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