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Ilic, Ilija
CM🇦🇺FIDE 3202364· Male· Australia· Born in 1948
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Ilija Ilic, a 78-year-old Australian Candidate Master, is rated 1763. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 29 months (2001–2004), 29 months (2004–2007), 23 months (2016–2018) and 43 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: FIDE World Amateur Chess Championships 2025 - U2000. Also played 1 blitz event (including Brzopotezno pojedinacno prvenstvo Prve lige Republike Srpske za 2025. godinu) recently. His peak of 2170 was reached at age 59 (Jan 2007, Australian #79 at the time).
Awarded CM in 2013 (age 65).
Current rating
1763
Standard
Rpd1862·Blz1912
All-time high
2170
−407 pts below
Jan 2007 · age 59
Jan 2007 · age 59
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#88,191
#88,191 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+57 Elo)
1724 → 1781
Aug 2024
3rd Australian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1832
Jun 2024
2019
Inactive for 43 months
paused at 1787 → returned at 1724
Dec 2019
3rd Australian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1899
Jun 2019
2016
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1866 → returned at 1899
Sep 2016
2014
9th Australian 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1939
Jan 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+22
1741 → 1763
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
3.5/ 843.8%
2W3D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/8 | #77 | 1851 | +22.2 |
Rankings
/
Australia
#522
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#11,113
in continent
World
#88,189
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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