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Sostaric, Denis
🇸🇮FIDE 14615851· Male· Slovenia· Born in 1988
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Denis Sostaric, a 38-year-old player, is rated 1959 — just 23 short of his peak of 1982 (Mar 2026, age 38). He is on a steady climb with +25 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Pokal SZS 2026, Int. Graz Open 2026 - Weekend, and S: 14. open Krapina 2026. Also played 9 rapid (including Drzavno ekipno prvenstvo v pospesenem sahu 2026 - clani) and 80 blitz events (including Drzavno ekipno prvenstvo v hitropoteznem sahu 2026 - clani) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 24 months (2017–2019), 24 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 22 months (2022–2024).
Current rating
1959
Standard
Rpd2136·Blz2079
All-time high
1982
−23 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 38
Mar 2026 · age 38
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#34,834
#34,834 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
17th 35-40 player nationally
at age 38 · rated 1982
Mar 2026
All-time peak 1982
at age 38 · −23 from today
Mar 2026
2022
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1868 → returned at 1923
Dec 2022
2020
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1856 → returned at 1868
Nov 2020
90th 20-35 player nationally
at age 32 · rated 1860
Oct 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 31
May 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+25
1934 → 1959
Tournaments
4
18 games
Score
9/ 1850.0%
8W2D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/4 | #51 | 1767 | -22.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKarl Cojhter
🇸🇮SLO·1995
+58 −54 =11
123 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsSlavko Vizovisek
🇸🇮SLO·1914
+85 −16 =14
115 games·last met May 2026
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vsBoris Mitrovic
🇸🇮SLO·1965
+46 −30 =17
93 games·last met May 2026
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vsDarko Spelec
🇸🇮SLO·1859
+39 −21 =13
73 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsDragan SimicFM
🇸🇮SLO·2153
+34 −20 =11
65 games·last met Jun 2026
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Rankings
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Slovenia
#245
out of 1,457 players
Europe
#25,752
in continent
World
#34,833
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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