Marinkovic, Zoran

Zoran Marinkovic, a 67-year-old Serbian FIDE Master, is rated 2275 — just 15 short of his peak of 2290 (Dec 2025, age 66) and sitting in the top 4% of Serbian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 3 years. 23 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Pojedinacno prvenstvo Srbije za veterane 2026 - S65, X Medjunaroni open 2025 "Bozidar Kicovic - Kica", and Druga liga Centralne Srbije - Zapad 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including Pojedinacno otvoreno prvenstvo Centralne Srbije u ubrzanom sahu 2025) and 1 blitz events (including 5.Svetosavski blitz turnir "Ivanjica 2026") recently. He had 5 career breaks: 59 months (2001–2006), 15 months (2010–2011), 12 months (2011–2012), 12 months (2014–2015) and 12 months (2023–2024).

Competes for Serbia since Jan 2007. Awarded FM in 2001 (age 42).