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Draganic, Veljko
🇲🇪FIDE 931306· Male· Montenegro· Born in 1983
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Veljko Draganic, a 43-year-old player, is rated 2303 and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +22 Elo over the past 12 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈23/year long-term). Recent appearances: 78th Montenegro Individual Championship and Montenegro Team Cup 2025 Round 1-2. Also played 4 rapid (including Ekipno prvenstvo Crne Gore 2026 - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including Ekipno prvenstvo Crne Gore 2026 - Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 20 months (2006–2008) and 29 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2375 was reached at age 32 (Sep 2015, #20 nationally at the time).
Competes for Montenegro since Jan 2007. At junior level, he reached #2 and #2 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2303
Standard
Rpd2271·Blz2274
All-time high
2375
−72 pts below
Sep 2015 · age 32
Sep 2015 · age 32
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#3,987 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2024
2nd 40-45 player nationally
at age 41 · rated 2323
Feb 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2300
at age 40
Dec 2023
2022
500 career games
at age 39
Jun 2022
2019
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 2258 → returned at 2248
Oct 2019
2015
Peak national rank: #20
at age 32 · rated 2375
Oct 2015
Best 12-month gain (+99 Elo)
2276 → 2375
Sep 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+19
2284 → 2303
Tournaments
3
16 games
Score
10.5/ 1665.6%
9W3D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 2/3 | #58 | 2374 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 7/11 | #10 | 2292 | +7.6 |
Knockout | Aug 2025 | 1.5/2 | R16 | 2314 | +3.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsBlazo KalezicIM
🇲🇪MNE·2400
+7 −27 =17
51 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsNikola DjukicGM
🇲🇪MNE·2470
+6 −25 =11
42 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAleksandar TomicIM
🇲🇪MNE·2301
+15 −12 =6
33 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsDragisa BlagojevicGM
🇲🇪MNE·2413
+5 −16 =12
33 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsSreten DjukanovicFM
🇲🇪MNE·2159
+9 −6 =18
33 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
Montenegro
#23
out of 459 players
Europe
#2,653
in continent
World
#3,987
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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