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Brgan, Niko
🇸🇮FIDE 14635569· Male· Slovenia· Born in 1991
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Niko Brgan, a 35-year-old player, is rated 1819 — just 30 short of his peak of 1849 (Mar 2024, age 33). He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 12 months (2018–2020) and 35 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: III. clanske lige zahod za leto 2025. Also played 6 rapid (including Pospeseni turnir SD KRKA Novo mesto 17-2025) and 12 blitz events (including Hitropotezni turnir SD KRKA Novo Mesto 20-2025) recently.
Current rating
1819
Standard
Rpd1929·Blz1964
All-time high
1849
−30 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 33
Mar 2024 · age 33
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#70,455
#70,455 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+96 Elo)
1753 → 1849
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 33
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1849
at age 33 · −30 from today
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 1742 → returned at 1753
Jan 2020
2018
Crossed 1600
at age 27
Dec 2018
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1758 → returned at 1742
Dec 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-15
1834 → 1819
Tournaments
1
2 games
Score
0.5/ 225.0%
0W1D1L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | #16 | 1677 | -15.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMarian KastelicFM
🇸🇮SLO·2231
+6 −59 =7
72 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsUrban Zupancic
🇸🇮SLO·2017
+25 −42 =1
68 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsIvan Lubej
🇸🇮SLO
+39 −6 =1
46 games·last met May 2026
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vsZeljko Setina
🇸🇮SLO
+31 −9 =2
42 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsBozidar Horvat
🇸🇮SLO
+35 −3 =1
39 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Slovenia
#401
out of 1,457 players
Europe
#51,199
in continent
World
#70,454
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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