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Hercegovac, Neven
FM🇮🇹FIDE 2839135· Male· Italy· Born in 2006
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Neven Hercegovac, a 20-year-old Italian FIDE Master, is rated 2316 — just 28 short of his peak of 2344 (Apr 2024, age 18) and ranked 2nd among Italian players under 20, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +96 Elo over the past 12 months. 114 rated games in the past year (≈81/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, CIS 2026 - Serie A2 Girone 8, and Int. Graz Open 2026 - A. Also played 3 rapid events (including OP 39 RAPID A SQUADRE PIANORO) recently. He reached Italian #37 in Apr 2024.
Awarded FM in 2023 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #2, #5, #10 and #57 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2316
Standard
Rpd2227·Blz2141
All-time high
2344
−28 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 18
Apr 2024 · age 18
Activity
117
games / yr avg. · ≈10/mo
127 past 12 mo · ≈11/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#2
#2 · Italian players under 20 · of 363
Career timeline
23 entries2026
1st Italian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2339
Jan 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 19
Nov 2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Peak Italian rank: #37
at age 18 · rated 2344
Apr 2024
1st Italian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2344
Apr 2024
All-time peak 2344
at age 18 · −37 from today
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+101
2215 → 2316
Tournaments
18
127 games
Score
82/ 12764.6%
66W32D29L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/9 | #53 | 2299 | -4.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/9 | #52 | 2332 | +6.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 3/4 | #85 | 2396 | +7.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/11 | #260 | 2219 | -18.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 4/5 | #3 | 2340 | +2.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/9 | #57 | 2273 | -12.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/5 | #5 | 2179 | -13.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #16 | 2368 | +11.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/5 | #2 | 2323 | +2.6 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 5.5/9 | #3 | 2344 | +4.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMattia PegnoFM
🇮🇹ITA·2259
+16 −6 =6
28 games·last met Jan 2025
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vsGabriel UrbaniFM
🇮🇹ITA·2307
+5 −3 =4
12 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsFrancesco Mattia Liloni
🇮🇹ITA·2117
+9 −1 =1
11 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsEnzo Tripodi
🇮🇹ITA·2238
+2 −3 =6
11 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsLorenzo Persico
🇮🇹ITA·1975
+4 −4 =3
11 games·last met Mar 2024
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Rankings
/
Italy
#53
out of 9,142 players
Europe
#2,372
in continent
World
#3,587
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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