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Pavleski, Nikola
🇲🇰FIDE 15016447· Male· North Macedonia· Born in 2008
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Nikola Pavleski, a 18-year-old player, is rated 1971 — just 6 short of his peak of 1977 (Dec 2025, age 17). He is progressing steadily with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Prvenstvo na Makedonija za mladi 2026 U18, European Youth Chess Championship 2025 - Open U18, and Prvenstvo na Makedonija za mladi 2025 U18. Also played 6 rapid (including European Rapid Chess Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He reached #81 nationally in Mar 2026.
At junior level, he reached #3 and #2 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1971
Standard
Rpd2081·Blz1943
All-time high
1977
−6 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 17
Dec 2025 · age 17
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#32,466
#32,466 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
Peak national rank: #81
at age 18 · rated 1973
Mar 2026
2025
All-time peak 1977
at age 17 · −6 from today
Dec 2025
3rd U18 player nationally
at age 17 · rated 1955
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+169 Elo)
1786 → 1955
Sep 2024
2nd U16 player nationally
at age 16 · rated 1945
Aug 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Jun 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+54
1917 → 1971
Tournaments
3
35 games
Score
12/ 3534.3%
17W10D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/7 | #1 | 1938 | -1.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/9 | #81 | 2072 | +56.0 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/6 | #3 | 1928 | +4.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsKiril Nikolovski
🇲🇰MKD·1928
+0 −3 =3
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsKristijan Lazovski
🇲🇰MKD·1804
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met May 2026
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vsAndrej Nedelkovski
🇲🇰MKD·1776
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsIlija Velkov
🇲🇰MKD·1821
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met May 2025
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vsAleksandar Aleksovski
🇲🇰MKD·1819
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
/
North Macedonia
#84
out of 514 players
Europe
#24,010
in continent
World
#32,465
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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