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Kostic, Branimir

FM🇷🇸

FIDEFIDE 904155· Male· Serbia· Born in 1951

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Branimir Kostic, a 75-year-old Serbian FIDE Master, is rated 2088 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2050 and 2100 for 11 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 38th INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF BELGRADE "BELGRADE TROPHY 2025", BANAT - jug 2025 Rounds 6-9, and Pancevo Open 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including SERBIA OPEN 2025 - Rapid) and 1 blitz events (including Memorijalni brzopotezni turnir "Moma Vucicevic 2025") recently. He had 5 career breaks: 17 months (2004–2005), 24 months (2012–2014), 13 months (2014–2016), 16 months (2018–2019) and 34 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2320 was reached at age 50 (Jan 2001).

Competes for Serbia since Jan 2007. Awarded FM in 2001 (age 50).

Current rating

2088

Standard

Rpd2144·Blz1981

All-time high

2320

−232 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 50

Activity

26

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 8%

#16,556 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

23 entries
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 73
Nov 2024
2022
13th Serbian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 2143
Aug 2022
2020
13th Serbian 65-70 player
at age 69 · rated 2169
Aug 2020
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2169 → returned at 2143
Sep 2019
2018
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2136 → returned at 2135
Jan 2018
2014
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2186 → returned at 2171
Dec 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
Pancevo Open 2025
perf 2220 (+144) · 6/7 · #11
Top opponent
vs Stefan Kotrla 2,068
BANAT - jug 2026 Rounds 1-5 · May 2026 · +9.4 Elo
Best comeback
BANAT - jug 2025 Rounds 6-9
finished #2 (seeded #14 of 80)
Evolution
-39
2127 → 2088
Tournaments
4
33 games
Score
17/ 3351.5%
19W6D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsStefan Kotrla2,068·BANAT - jug 2026 Rounds 1-5·R2·+9.4
2.[W]vsMilan Luketa2,027·BANAT - jug 2026 Rounds 1-5·R1·+8.3
3.[W]vsNiharika ChallaWFM2,004·SERBIA OPEN 2025 - MASTERS·R8·+7.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
38th INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF BELGRADE "BELGRADE TROPHY 2025"
Open Swiss
Nov 20254.5/7#512088+1.4
BANAT - jug 2025 Rounds 6-9
Team
Sep 20253.5/4#22225+12.2
Pancevo Open 2025
Open Swiss
Aug 20256/7#112220-17.6
SERBIA OPEN 2025 - MASTERS
Open Swiss
Jul 20253/8#1641982-33.6
Worst Elo result: SERBIA OPEN 2025 - MASTERS (-33.6 Elo, finished #164).

Rankings

/
Serbia
#548
out of 4,274 players
Europe
#12,045
in continent
World
#16,556
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
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2,602
4
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2,600
5
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2,528
5
🇷🇸Maksimovic, BojanFollow Bojan MaksimovicTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,528
7
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2,527
8
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2,500
9
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2,493
10
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2,486
...
548🇷🇸Kostic, Branimir2,088
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
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2,717
10
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2,713
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12045🇷🇸Kostic, Branimir2,088
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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16556🇷🇸Kostic, Branimir2,088