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JZ
Jovanovic, Zeljko
🇧🇦FIDE 915319· Male· Bosnia and Herzegovina· Born in 1974
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Zeljko Jovanovic, a 52-year-old player, is rated 2089 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 58 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include X Medjunaroni open 2025 "Bozidar Kicovic - Kica", 18. Medjunarodni sahovski turnir "Gorazde 2025", and Druga liga Centralne Srbije - Zapad 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including Dani sljiva Osecina 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Miholjski susreti sela - Lesnica 2025) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 35 months (2009–2012), 32 months (2012–2015), 36 months (2017–2020) and 12 months (2021–2022). His peak of 2233 was reached at age 42 (Sep 2016); he also reached #6 nationally in Jan 2012.
Competes for Bosnia and Herzegovina since Aug 2017.
Current rating
2089
Standard
Rpd2159·Blz2067
All-time high
2233
−144 pts below
Sep 2016 · age 42
Sep 2016 · age 42
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#16,417 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
18 entries2025
7th 50-55 player nationally
at age 51 · rated 2147
Aug 2025
2024
7th 45-50 player nationally
at age 50 · rated 2173
Dec 2024
100 career games
at age 50
Dec 2024
2021
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2117 → returned at 2129
Sep 2021
2017
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 2142 → returned at 2124
Oct 2017
Switched federation: SRB → BIH
at age 43
Aug 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-58
2147 → 2089
Tournaments
4
29 games
Score
14.5/ 2950.0%
10W9D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 3.5/6 | #20 | 1949 | -23.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/5 | #18 | 2062 | -10.2 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 4.5/11 | #41 | 2077 | -21.6 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 3.5/7 | #31 | 2130 | -2.6 |
Rankings
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
#109
out of 1,149 players
Europe
#11,951
in continent
World
#16,417
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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