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Pirs, Matjaz

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FIDEFIDE 14606941· Male· Slovenia· Born in 1974

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Matjaz Pirs, a 52-year-old player, is rated 1956. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 2 years. 35 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Hit open A 2026, II. clanska liga vzhod 2025, and 35th NATO Chess Championship 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including 35th NATO Chess Championship 2025 - Blitz Tournament) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 26 months (2007–2009) and 19 months (2015–2016). His peak of 2090 was reached at age 36 (Nov 2010).

Current rating

1956

Standard

Rpd2034·Blz1974

All-time high

2090

−134 pts below
Nov 2010 · age 36

Activity

27

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

28 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#35,444

#35,444 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
17th 50-55 player nationally
at age 52 · rated 1996
Jan 2026
2024
21st 45-50 player nationally
at age 50 · rated 1997
Nov 2024
2015
22nd 40-45 player nationally
at age 41 · rated 2041
Jun 2015
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2041 → returned at 2024
Jan 2015
2013
25th 35-40 player nationally
at age 39 · rated 2084
Jun 2013
2012
100 career games
at age 38
Nov 2012

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
II. clanska liga vzhod 2025
perf 2138 (+142) · 5.5/7 · #7
Top opponent
vs Bartol Simunkovic 2,160
II. clanska liga vzhod 2025 · Sep 2025 · +4.4 Elo
Evolution
-3
1959 → 1956
Tournaments
4
28 games
Score
15.5/ 2855.4%
10W11D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsKarl Cojhter1,996·II. clanska liga vzhod 2025·R9·+10.0
2.[W]vsJan Nipic1,911·II. clanska liga vzhod 2025·R4·+7.6
3.[W]vsRobert Svab1,883·II. clanska liga vzhod 2025·R5·+6.9
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsDejan Mulec1,749·Hit open A 2026·R8·-15.4
2.[L]vsElias Bender1,837·II. clanska liga vzhod 2025·R2·-14.3
3.[L]vsDavid KrsticCM2,053·Hit open A 2026·R7·-7.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Ljubljana Chess Festival 2026
Open Swiss
Apr 20263.5/7#661946-4.4
Hit open A 2026
Open Swiss
Jan 20262.5/7#621794-36.0
II. clanska liga vzhod 2025
Open Swiss
Sep 20255.5/7#72138+29.8
35th NATO Chess Championship 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20254/7#271974+6.8
Worst Elo result: Hit open A 2026 (-36.0 Elo, finished #62).

Most-Played Opponents

vsMatej Kersic
🇸🇮SLO·2070
+1 −1 =5
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsIgor Glavac
🇸🇮SLO·1926
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Feb 2025
View head-to-head →
vsTine Gricnik
🇸🇮SLO·1835
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2024
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Rankings

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Slovenia
#251
out of 1,457 players
Europe
#26,180
in continent
World
#35,443
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Europe
1
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2
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3
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10
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World
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2
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7
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2,764
8
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