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Nikolovski, David
🇲🇰FIDE 15007197· Male· North Macedonia· Born in 1999
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David Nikolovski, a 27-year-old player, is rated 1923 — just 18 short of his peak of 1941 (Aug 2024, age 25). He has fluctuated between 1898 and 1941 over the past 2 years. 27 rated games in the past year (≈30/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Cetvrt Turnir vo standarden sah na SK KARPOSH za sezonata 2025-2026, Tret Turnir vo standarden sah na Sahovskiot Klub KARPOSH za sezonata 2025-2026, and Vtor Turnir vo standarden sah na Sahovskiot Klub KARPOSH za sezonata 2025-2026. Also played 11 rapid (including Rapid_Chess Festival 50 years Chess Club ALKALOID) and 7 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He reached #74 nationally in Aug 2020.
At junior level, he reached #6 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1923
Standard
Rpd1966·Blz1857
All-time high
1941
−18 pts below
Aug 2024 · age 25
Aug 2024 · age 25
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#42,532
#42,532 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2024
All-time peak 1941
at age 25 · −18 from today
Aug 2024
2022
Best 12-month gain (+226 Elo)
1634 → 1860
Dec 2022
Crossed 1800
at age 23
Aug 2022
2021
100 career games
at age 22
Sep 2021
2020
Peak national rank: #74
at age 21 · rated 1669
Aug 2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1669 → returned at 1671
Mar 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Cetvrt Turnir vo standarden sah na SK KARPOSH za sezonata 2025-2026perf 2000 (+77) · 5/7 · #2
Top opponent
Evolution
+9
1914 → 1923
Tournaments
4
34 games
Score
17.5/ 3451.5%
19W7D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/7 | #2 | 2000 | +18.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/6 | #7 | 1944 | +6.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #3 | 1890 | -0.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTomislav Golubovic
🇲🇰MKD·1749
+14 −3 =3
20 games·last met May 2026
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vsSaso Jankov
🇲🇰MKD·1899
+1 −1 =15
17 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsViktor Ranic
🇲🇰MKD·1930
+3 −9 =3
15 games·last met May 2026
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vsGoran Glavinac
🇲🇰MKD·2000
+3 −8 =3
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsSlobodan Cvetkovski
🇲🇰MKD·1787
+9 −3 =1
13 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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North Macedonia
#96
out of 514 players
Europe
#31,410
in continent
World
#42,531
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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