Nikolic, Boban

Boban Nikolic, a 61-year-old Serbian FIDE Master, is rated 2099 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent appearances: Prvenstvo Pirotskog okruga u standardnom sahu za 2025. and Druga liga Centralne Srbije - Istok 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including TROFEJ NISA 2026) and 4 blitz events (including SERBIA OPEN 2025 - Qualifying blitz 5) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 24 months (2015–2017), 25 months (2018–2020, COVID-19 included) and 12 months (2023–2024). His peak of 2255 was reached at age 48 (Jun 2013).

Competes for Serbia since Jan 2007. Awarded FM in 2001 (age 36).