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Bala, Karlo

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FIDEFIDE 924890· Male· Serbia· Born in 1978

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Karlo Bala, a 48-year-old Serbian player, is rated 2302 — just 6 short of his peak of 2308 (Dec 2019, age 41) and sitting in the top 3% of Serbian players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 23 months (2003–2005), 15 months (2008–2009) and 12 months (2018–2019). Recent appearance: BACKA LIGA SUBOTICA 2025 Rounds 6-9. He reached Serbian #90 in Nov 2024.

Competes for Serbia since Jan 2007.

Current rating

2302

Standard

Rpd2263·Blz2192

All-time high

2308

−6 pts below
Dec 2019 · age 41

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 3%

#95 · Serbian players · of 3,079

Career timeline

20 entries
2026
13th Serbian 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 2302
May 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2300
at age 47
Oct 2025
2024
Peak Serbian rank: #90
at age 46 · rated 2295
Nov 2024
2020
12th Serbian 40-45 player
at age 42 · rated 2308
Oct 2020
2019
All-time peak 2308
at age 41 · −6 from today
Dec 2019
2018
Crossed 2300
at age 40
Nov 2018

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ljubomir Vranic 2,122
BACKA LIGA SUBOTICA 2025 Rounds 6-9 · Sep 2025 · +5.2 Elo
Evolution
+9
2293 → 2302
Tournaments
1
2 games
Score
2/ 2100.0%
2W0D0L
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
BACKA LIGA SUBOTICA 2025 Rounds 6-9
Open Swiss
Sep 20252/2#212871+8.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsSinisa RemeckiFM
🇷🇸SRB·2210
+4 −4 =1
9 games·last met Jan 2024
View head-to-head →
vsSlobodan BojkovicFM
🇷🇸SRB·2091
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2024
View head-to-head →
vsMilos Torbica
🇷🇸SRB·2172
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsVuk SavanovicFM
🇷🇸SRB·2303
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Jul 2019
View head-to-head →
vsVojislav Veljkovic
🇷🇸SRB·2058
+3 −2 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2018
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Rankings

/
Serbia
#95
out of 4,274 players
Europe
#2,682
in continent
World
#4,025
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Serbia
1
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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
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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
...
95🇷🇸Bala, Karlo2,302
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
...
2682🇷🇸Bala, Karlo2,302
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
...
4025🇷🇸Bala, Karlo2,302