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Smolej, Ziga
🇸🇮FIDE 14633280· Male· Slovenia· Born in 2007
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Ziga Smolej, a 19-year-old player, is rated 1857 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and took a 68-month break between Mar 2020 and Dec 2025 (COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: II. clanska liga zahod 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including RIMEX ciklus 2026 - 1.turnir) recently.
At junior level, he reached #18, #15, #12, #7, #5 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1857
Standard
Rpd1779·Blz1801
All-time high
1857
at best
Dec 2025 · age 18
Dec 2025 · age 18
Activity
1
games / yr avg.
2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#59,454
#59,454 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
18th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1857
Jun 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2025
15th U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1857
Dec 2025
All-time peak 1857
at age 18
Dec 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 17
Mar 2024
2022
12th U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1759
Feb 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+2
1855 → 1857
Tournaments
1
2 games
Score
1.5/ 275.0%
1W1D0L
Top 1 win
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #62 | 1844 | +2.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSimon Sajn
🇸🇮SLO·2052
+6 −17 =0
23 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSimon Bradac
🇸🇮SLO·1942
+9 −5 =5
19 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMiran Rolih
🇸🇮SLO·1943
+4 −8 =1
13 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsSimon Novak
🇸🇮SLO·1912
+6 −6 =1
13 games·last met Jun 2021
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vsEugenio Battisti
🇮🇹ITA
+5 −8 =0
13 games·last met Feb 2020
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Rankings
/
Slovenia
#349
out of 1,457 players
Europe
#43,543
in continent
World
#59,453
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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