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Popovic, Zoran

CM🇲🇪

FIDEFIDE 16500083· Male· Montenegro· Born in 1960

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Zoran Popovic, a 66-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 1960. He is progressing steadily with +26 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearance: Montenegro Team Cup 2025 Round 1-2. Also played 4 rapid (including 5. Memorijal "Radojica Dabetic") and 2 blitz events (including 12. Memorijalni turnir "Djordje Konjevic") recently. He had 3 career breaks: 31 months (2007–2010), 46 months (2010–2014) and 17 months (2015–2016). His peak of 2206 was reached at age 47 (Jul 2007); he also reached #50 nationally in Oct 2014.

Awarded CM in 2025 (age 65).

Current rating

1960

Standard

Rpd1834·Blz1839

All-time high

2206

−246 pts below
Jul 2007 · age 47

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#34,647

#34,647 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

19 entries
2026
11th 65-70 player nationally
at age 66 · rated 1960
Jun 2026
2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 65
Dec 2025
100 career games
at age 65
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+77 Elo)
1871 → 1948
Mar 2024
2021
8th 60-65 player nationally
at age 61 · rated 2021
Apr 2021
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 57
Nov 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Best result
2nd Montenegro League 2026
perf 2070 (+110) · 6.5/8 · #5
Top opponent
vs Radovan Perkovic 1,994
2nd Montenegro League 2026 · May 2026 · +11.0 Elo
Evolution
+26
1934 → 1960
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
6.5/ 972.2%
6W1D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsRadovan Perkovic1,994·2nd Montenegro League 2026·R2·+11.0
2.[W]vsKrsto Vukovic1,908·2nd Montenegro League 2026·R7·+8.5
3.[W]vsSreten Vujkovic1,867·2nd Montenegro League 2026·R5·+7.4
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsVladan Andjic1,977·2nd Montenegro League 2026·R3·-9.5
2.[L]vsVeljko Draganic2,284·Montenegro Team Cup 2025 Round 1-2·R1·-2.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2nd Montenegro League 2026
Team
May 20266.5/8#52070+27.8
Montenegro Team Cup 2025 Round 1-2
Knockout
Aug 20250/1R641484-2.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsGani Bisa
🇲🇪MNE·1787
+5 −4 =1
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsIsmet Mustafic
🇲🇪MNE·2022
+2 −6 =2
10 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsDanilo Nenezic
🇲🇪MNE·2133
+2 −8 =0
10 games·last met May 2025
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vsPavle Lekic
🇲🇪MNE·1746
+5 −2 =3
10 games·last met Feb 2023
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vsAgim Arucevic
🇲🇪MNE·1749
+2 −6 =1
9 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings

/
Montenegro
#123
out of 459 players
Europe
#25,608
in continent
World
#34,646
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Montenegro
1
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2,554
2
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2,517
3
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2,506
4
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2,497
5
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2,491
6
🇲🇪Djukic, NikolaFollow Nikola DjukicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,470
7
🇲🇪Blagojevic, DragisaFollow Dragisa BlagojevicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,413
8
🇲🇪Yaksin, OlegFollow Oleg YaksinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,401
9
🇲🇪Kalezic, BlazoFollow Blazo KalezicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,400
10
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2,398
...
123🇲🇪Popovic, Zoran1,960
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
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2,713
...
25608🇲🇪Popovic, Zoran1,960
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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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
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2,753
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34646🇲🇪Popovic, Zoran1,960