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Djukic, Zeljko

IM🇷🇸

FIDEFIDE 900737· Male· Serbia· Born in 1948

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Zeljko Djukic, a 78-year-old Serbian International Master, is rated 2189 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2150 and 2200 for 10 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent appearances: Druga liga Centralne Srbije - Istok 2025 and 5. TROFEJ PANTELEJ 2025. Also played 2 rapid events (including TROFEJ NISA 2026) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2004–2005) and 33 months (2014–2017). His peak of 2428 was reached at age 55 (Jul 2003, Serbian #59 at the time).

Competes for Serbia since Jan 2007. Awarded IM in 2001 (age 53).

Current rating

2189

Standard

Rpd2287·Blz2128

All-time high

2428

−239 pts below
Jul 2003 · age 55

Activity

22

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 4%

#8,776 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

20 entries
2024
25th 75-80 player worldwide
at age 76 · rated 2243
Jan 2024
2020
29th 70-75 player worldwide
at age 72 · rated 2278
Oct 2020
2014
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 2352 → returned at 2320
Oct 2014
24th 65-70 player worldwide
at age 66 · rated 2379
Jul 2014
2012
Re-crossed 2400
at age 64
Sep 2012
2009
35th 60-65 player worldwide
at age 61 · rated 2385
Nov 2009

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Tomislav PaunovicIM 2,271
Druga liga Centralne Srbije - Istok 2025 · Sep 2025 · +1.2 Elo
Evolution
-16
2205 → 2189
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
7.5/ 1453.6%
3W9D2L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Druga liga Centralne Srbije - Istok 2025
Team
Sep 20253/7#702188-0.7
5. TROFEJ PANTELEJ 2025
Swiss
Aug 20254.5/7#111989-15.3
Worst Elo result: 5. TROFEJ PANTELEJ 2025 (-15.3 Elo, finished #11).

Most-Played Opponents

vsNemanja ZivkovicIM
🇷🇸SRB·2325
+6 −16 =6
28 games·last met Aug 2024
View head-to-head →
vsMario LivajaFM
🇷🇸SRB·2257
+8 −4 =16
28 games·last met Oct 2019
View head-to-head →
vsAleksandar Z Arandjelovic
🇷🇸SRB·1982
+15 −3 =3
21 games·last met Aug 2025
View head-to-head →
vsMiroslav D MiljkovicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2399
+0 −1 =20
21 games·last met Aug 2023
View head-to-head →
vsGoran TerzicFM
🇷🇸SRB·2134
+5 −9 =6
20 games·last met Oct 2019
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Serbia
#253
out of 4,274 players
Europe
#6,178
in continent
World
#8,776
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Serbia
1
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2,668
2
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2,616
3
🇷🇸Indjic, AleksandarFollow Aleksandar IndjicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,602
4
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2,600
5
🇷🇸Ivanisevic, IvanFollow Ivan IvanisevicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,528
5
🇷🇸Maksimovic, BojanFollow Bojan MaksimovicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,528
7
🇷🇸Markus, RobertFollow Robert MarkusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,527
8
🇷🇸Perunovic, MilosFollow Milos PerunovicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,500
9
🇷🇸Budisavljevic, LukaFollow Luka BudisavljevicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,493
10
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2,486
...
253🇷🇸Djukic, Zeljko2,189
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
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2,713
...
6178🇷🇸Djukic, Zeljko2,189
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
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
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
8776🇷🇸Djukic, Zeljko2,189