Format
SG
Samotorcan, Gal
🇸🇮FIDE 14656671· Male· Slovenia· Born in 2008
Follow Gal SamotorcanTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
Gal Samotorcan, a 18-year-old player, is rated 1718 — just 18 short of his peak of 1736 (May 2025, age 17). He is progressing steadily with +26 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent appearances: I. clanska liga zahod 2025 and 26. OSREDNJA SLOVENSKA LIGA - 2025. Also played 5 rapid (including 5. Memorial Nusreta Sivcevica) and 1 blitz events (including Ekipno drzavno prvenstvo v hitropoteznem sahu do 20 let) recently.
At junior level, he reached #22 and #19 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1718
Standard
Rpd1864·Blz1874
All-time high
1736
−18 pts below
May 2025 · age 17
May 2025 · age 17
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#103,476
#103,476 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2025
22nd U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1736
May 2025
All-time peak 1736
at age 17 · −18 from today
May 2025
2024
19th U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1722
Apr 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Apr 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Apr 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 16
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+26
1692 → 1718
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/3 | #79 | 1687 | -2.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #85 | 2642 | +28.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsGasper Sever
🇸🇮SLO·1818
+3 −4 =3
10 games·last met Dec 2024
View head-to-head →
vsLeo Glavac
🇸🇮SLO·2042
+0 −7 =2
9 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsVal Vodnik
🇸🇮SLO·1798
+1 −8 =0
9 games·last met Dec 2024
View head-to-head →
vsMiha Zmaucar
🇸🇮SLO·1985
+1 −7 =0
8 games·last met Sep 2024
View head-to-head →
vsZan Skube
🇸🇮SLO·1945
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
Slovenia
#518
out of 1,457 players
Europe
#73,170
in continent
World
#103,474
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Slovenia
Europe
World
| 1 | 🇳🇴Follow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,841 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Follow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,792 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 4 | 🇺🇿Follow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,777 |
| 6 | 🇩🇪Follow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,767 |
| 7 | 🇳🇱Follow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,764 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Follow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,761 |
| 9 | 🇺🇸Follow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳Follow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2,753 |
| ... | ||
| 103474 | 1,718 | |