Format
MZ
Mitkovski, Zarko
🇲🇰FIDE 15000150· Male· North Macedonia· Born in 1975
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Zarko Mitkovski, a 51-year-old player, is rated 2177 — just 8 short of his peak of 2185 (Jan 2012, age 37) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 47 months (2015–2019), 38 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 21 months (2022–2024). Recent appearance: XXXIII Ekipen sampionat na Makedonija za 2025 godina. Also played 1 blitz event (including Tradicionalen sahovski turnir Fati Zendeli) recently. He reached #30 nationally in Aug 2025.
Current rating
2177
Standard
Rpd2134·Blz2147
All-time high
2185
−8 pts below
Jan 2012 · age 37
Jan 2012 · age 37
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 4%
#9,460 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
6th 50-55 player nationally
at age 51 · rated 2177
May 2026
2025
5th 45-50 player nationally
at age 50 · rated 2177
Nov 2025
Peak national rank: #30
at age 50 · rated 2173
Aug 2025
2022
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 2165 → returned at 2173
Nov 2022
2020
4th 40-45 player nationally
at age 45 · rated 2161
Jul 2020
2019
Inactive for 38 months
paused at 2161 → returned at 2165
Aug 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+4
2173 → 2177
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
2.5/ 641.7%
1W3D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Aug 2025 | 2.5/6 | #30 | 2207 | +4.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDejan Gjorgjieski
🇲🇰MKD·2147
+0 −1 =5
6 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsSaso Jankov
🇲🇰MKD·1899
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsAleksander KralevskiFM
🇲🇰MKD·2056
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsOrce DanchevskiIM
🇲🇰MKD·2344
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Nov 2018
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
North Macedonia
#30
out of 514 players
Europe
#6,688
in continent
World
#9,460
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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