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Nestorovic, Nikola
GM🇷🇸FIDE 934526· Male· Serbia· Born in 1989
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Nikola Nestorovic, a 37-year-old Serbian Grandmaster, is rated 2455 and ranked 16th among Serbian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is currently in the 2400–2450 range. 29 rated games in the past year (≈59/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 12. Kup Svetozara Gligorica, S: Druga seniori HSL SZZI 2026. 1-6, and 2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Februar 2026. Also played 1 rapid event (including TROFEJ SMEDEREVSKA PALANKA 2025) recently. His peak of 2516 was reached at age 28 (Nov 2017, Serbian #15 at the time).
Competes for Serbia since Jan 2007. Awarded GM in 2016 (age 27) and IM in 2008 (age 19). At junior level, he reached World #87 in U20, World #46 in U18, World #44 in U16 and #3 nationally in U14.
Current rating
2455
Standard
Rpd2461·Blz2416
All-time high
2516
−61 pts below
Nov 2017 · age 28
Nov 2017 · age 28
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#16
#16 · Serbian players · of 3,079
Career timeline
22 entries2017
Peak Serbian rank: #15
at age 28 · rated 2516
Nov 2017
All-time peak 2516
at age 28 · −68 from today
Nov 2017
1,000 career games
at age 28
Jun 2017
Re-crossed 2500
at age 28
Apr 2017
Re-crossed 2500
at age 28
Jan 2017
2016
Crossed 2500
at age 27
Oct 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+1
2454 → 2455
Tournaments
7
31 games
Score
19.5/ 3162.9%
11W17D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1.5/2 | #40 | 2347 | -1.6 |
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 5.5/9 | #2 | 2512 | +8.1 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 4/6 | #10 | 2403 | -1.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/3 | #27 | 2463 | +1.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #31 | 2371 | -2.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1.5/2 | #38 | 2523 | +2.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 4/7 | #53 | 2379 | -6.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMilos PerunovicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2500
+3 −6 =12
21 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsBranko DamljanovicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2362
+5 −6 =7
18 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsBosko AbramovicGM
🇷🇸SRB
+7 −4 =4
15 games·last met Jan 2020
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vsDanilo MilanovicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2379
+5 −2 =6
13 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsBorko LajthajmGM
🇷🇸SRB·2253
+3 −4 =6
13 games·last met Jan 2018
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Rankings
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Serbia
#16
out of 4,274 players
Europe
#587
in continent
World
#966
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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