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Praznik, Nikolaj
🇸🇮FIDE 14655020· Male· Slovenia· Born in 2015
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Nikolaj Praznik, a 11-year-old player, is rated 1559 — just 27 short of his peak of 1586 (Dec 2025, age 10). He is rising rapidly, having gained +96 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Bled Chess Festival 2026, Mladinsko drzavno prvenstvo 2026 O12, and II. clanska liga zahod 2025. Also played 21 rapid (including 5. Memorial Nusreta Sivcevica) and 3 blitz events (including Drzavno ekipno prvenstvo v hitropoteznem sahu 2026 - clani) recently.
At junior level, he reached #12 and #8 nationally in U12 and U10.
Current rating
1559
Standard
Rpd1798·Blz1616
All-time high
1586
−27 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 10
Dec 2025 · age 10
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#161,949
#161,949 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Best 12-month gain (+96 Elo)
1463 → 1559
Apr 2026
12th U12 player nationally
at age 11 · rated 1586
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 10
Dec 2025
All-time peak 1586
at age 10 · −27 from today
Dec 2025
2024
8th U10 player nationally
at age 9 · rated 1517
Apr 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 9
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+96
1463 → 1559
Tournaments
4
33 games
Score
13/ 3339.4%
11W6D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/6 | #71 | 1829 | +8.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/6 | #11 | 1920 | -34.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/9 | #76 | 1566 | -2.4 |
Rankings
/
Slovenia
#652
out of 1,431 players
Europe
#105,961
in continent
World
#161,931
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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