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Zidar, Jernej
🇸🇮FIDE 14629585· Male· Slovenia· Born in 2007
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Jernej Zidar, a 19-year-old player, is rated 2091 — just 8 short of his peak of 2099 (Apr 2025, age 18) and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2050 and 2100 for 7 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈36/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 78. LJUBLJANSKA SAHOVSKA LIGA ZA LETO 2026, I. clanska liga zahod 2025, and 26. OSREDNJA SLOVENSKA LIGA - 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including 11. memorial Vesne Rozic in Ekipno DP SS) and 4 blitz events (including Ekipno drzavno prvenstvo v hitropoteznem sahu do 20 let) recently.
At junior level, he reached #12, #8, #8, #8, #5, #7 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8.
Current rating
2091
Standard
Rpd2080·Blz1996
All-time high
2099
−8 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 18
Apr 2025 · age 18
Activity
33
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 7%
#16,225 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
14 entries2026
12th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 2091
May 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 2099
at age 18 · −8 from today
Apr 2025
8th U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 2091
Jan 2025
2023
8th U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 2001
Nov 2023
Crossed 2000
at age 16
Nov 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+19
2072 → 2091
Tournaments
4
25 games
Score
13/ 2552.0%
10W6D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/4 | #27 | 2236 | +16.6 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/6 | #59 | 2110 | +19.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/8 | #1 | 2073 | +17.6 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/7 | #15 | 1978 | -36.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRudi Olenik CampaFM
🇸🇮SLO·2354
+3 −12 =6
21 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsLeon SkrbecFM
🇸🇮SLO·2311
+1 −16 =4
21 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsNik JavornikFM
🇸🇮SLO·2251
+3 −12 =3
18 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMartin Perme
🇸🇮SLO·1814
+9 −1 =5
15 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAndraz Gregoric
🇸🇮SLO·2203
+1 −13 =0
14 games·last met Feb 2023
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Rankings
/
Slovenia
#135
out of 1,431 players
Europe
#11,808
in continent
World
#16,225
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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