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Drnovsek, Gal

Drnovsek, Gal

IM🇸🇮

FIDEFIDE 14607077· Male· Slovenia· Born in 1995

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Gal Drnovsek, a 31-year-old International Master, is rated 2403 and ranked 14th among SLO players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2400 and 2450 for 6 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈40/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 34. ekipno prvenstvo RH 1. B seniorska sahovska liga, 2. Bundesliga Mitte AUT 2025-2026 Round 1-3, and Drzavna clanska liga 2025. Also played 2 rapid events (including Schnellschachturnier Lienz 2025 - Hauptturnier) recently. He took a 14-month break between Oct 2007 and Jan 2009. His peak of 2440 was reached at age 22 (May 2017); he also reached #13 nationally in Nov 2025.

Awarded IM in 2017 (age 22) and FM in 2016 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #3, #3, #3, #10 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2403

Standard

Rpd2390·Blz2216

All-time high

2440

−37 pts below
May 2017 · age 22

Activity

17

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#14

#14 · SLO players · of 735

Career timeline

26 entries
2025
Re-crossed 2400
at age 30
Dec 2025
Peak national rank: #13
at age 30 · rated 2398
Nov 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2400
at age 28
Dec 2023
Re-crossed 2400
at age 28
Apr 2023
2018
Re-crossed 2400
at age 23
Mar 2018
2017
500 career games
at age 22
Oct 2017

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
34. ekipno prvenstvo RH 1. B seniorska sahovska liga
perf 2456 (+53) · 5/9 · #20
Top opponent
vs Anton KorobovGM 2,596
2. Bundesliga Mitte AUT 2025-2026 Round 1-3 · Oct 2025 · +2.6 Elo
Evolution
+13
2390 → 2403
Tournaments
3
18 games
Score
9/ 1850.0%
5W8D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
34. ekipno prvenstvo RH 1. B seniorska sahovska liga
Team
Nov 20255/9#202456+7.3
2. Bundesliga Mitte AUT 2025-2026 Round 1-3
Team
Oct 20252/3#252583+7.8
Drzavna clanska liga 2025
Open Swiss
Sep 20252/6#542369-2.4

Most-Played Opponents

vsZan TomaziniIM
🇸🇮SLO·2318
+6 −8 =5
19 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsTim JanzeljIM
🇸🇮SLO·2398
+5 −8 =4
17 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsBoris MarkojaIM
🇸🇮SLO·2469
+0 −7 =4
11 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsSeverin Mejak
🇸🇮SLO·2230
+2 −4 =5
11 games·last met Nov 2018
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vsDomen Hiti
🇸🇮SLO·2242
+2 −6 =3
11 games·last met Jun 2014
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Rankings

/
Slovenia
#14
out of 1,431 players
Europe
#1,026
in continent
World
#1,634
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Slovenia
1
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2
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2,611
3
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2,555
3
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2,555
5
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2,498
6
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2,486
7
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2,474
8
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2,469
9
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2,436
10
🇸🇮Tisaj, DomenFollow Domen TisajTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,419
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14🇸🇮Drnovsek, Gal2,403
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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1026🇸🇮Drnovsek, Gal2,403
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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1634🇸🇮Drnovsek, Gal2,403