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Gruca, Miroslav

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FIDEFIDE 14905906· Male· Slovakia· Born in 1984

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Miroslav Gruca, a 42-year-old Slovak Candidate Master, is rated 2172 and sitting in the top 4% of Slovak players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2008–2010) and 20 months (2011–2013). Recent appearance: 2. liga A 2025 2026 R10-11. Also played 1 blitz event (including Bratislavske sachove leto 2025 G Blitz) recently. His peak of 2229 was reached at age 20 (Jul 2004, Slovak #95 at the time).

Awarded CM in 2024 (age 40). At junior level, he reached #8 and #7 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2172

Standard

Rpd2084·Blz2135

All-time high

2229

−57 pts below
Jul 2004 · age 20

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 4%

#121 · Slovak players · of 3,018

Career timeline

19 entries
2025
15th Slovak 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2177
Sep 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 40
Dec 2024
CM title awardedCM
at age 40
Mar 2024
2016
6-month rising streak
+22 Elo
May 2016
Re-crossed 2200
at age 32
Feb 2016
2011
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 2204 → returned at 2211
Jul 2011

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Peter JancovicFM 2,212
2. liga A 2025 2026 R8-9 · Feb 2026 · +11.1 Elo
Evolution
-5
2177 → 2172
Tournaments
6
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
3W2D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsPeter JancovicFM2,212·2. liga A 2025 2026 R8-9·R9·+11.1
2.[W]vsMilan Beles2,083·2. liga A 2025 2026 R7·R7·+7.7
3.[W]vsMilos Sarmir1,984·2. liga A 2025 2026 R3-4·R4·+5.1
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsMilan Timko2,060·2. liga A 2025 2026 R5-6·R5·-12.7
2.[L]vsSimon Salgovic2,102·2. liga A 2025 2026 R1-2·R2·-11.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2. liga A 2025 2026 R10-11
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#752107-1.8
2. liga A 2025 2026 R8-9
Team
Feb 20261/1#413012+11.4
2. liga A 2025 2026 R7
Team
Jan 20261/1#132883+8.0
2. liga A 2025 2026 R5-6
Team
Dec 20250/1#1051260-13.0
2. liga A 2025 2026 R3-4
Team
Nov 20251/1#452784+5.4
2. liga A 2025 2026 R1-2
Team
Oct 20250.5/2#771904-14.4

Rankings

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Slovakia
#121
out of 3,199 players
Europe
#6,947
in continent
World
#9,796
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Slovakia
1
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2,540
2
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2,539
3
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2,529
4
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2,491
5
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2,487
6
🇸🇰Sahidi, SamirFollow Samir SahidiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,484
7
🇸🇰Neugebauer, MartinFollow Martin NeugebauerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,483
8
🇸🇰Druska, JurajFollow Juraj DruskaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,465
9
🇸🇰Haring, FilipFollow Filip HaringTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,457
10
🇸🇰Hujbert, FlorianFollow Florian HujbertTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,429
...
121🇸🇰Gruca, Miroslav2,172
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
6947🇸🇰Gruca, Miroslav2,172
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
9796🇸🇰Gruca, Miroslav2,172