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Pop - Nikolova, Katja
🇲🇰FIDE 15018806· Female· North Macedonia· Born in 2015
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Katja Pop - Nikolova, a 11-year-old player, is rated 1504 — her current career high. She is on a steady climb with +54 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Prvenstvo na Makedonija za devojcinja 2026 G12, Maliot vitez do 12 godini - 2026, and Otvoreno prvenstvo na grad Skopje 2026 - U12. Also played 3 rapid events (including Bozicen rapid sahovski turnir) recently.
At junior level, she reached #10 nationally in U12.
Current rating
1504
Standard
Rpd1434·Blz—
All-time high
1504
at best
Jun 2026 · age 11
Jun 2026 · age 11
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#184,210
#184,210 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
10th U12 player nationally
at age 11 · rated 1504
Jun 2026
Best 12-month gain (+54 Elo)
1450 → 1504
Jun 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 11
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1504
at age 11
Jun 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 11
Mar 2026
Crossed 1200
at age 11
Mar 2026
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
—
Tournaments
3
27 games
Score
12/ 2744.4%
11W5D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/2 | #3 | 2250 | +38.4 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 4/7 | #6 | 1434 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/3 | #8 | 1325 | 0.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
North Macedonia
#267
out of 514 players
Europe
#116,469
in continent
World
#184,159
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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