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Livaja, Mario
FM🇷🇸FIDE 934739· Male· Serbia· Born in 1985
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Mario Livaja, a 41-year-old Serbian FIDE Master, is rated 2257 and sitting in the top 5% of Serbian players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He has slipped back 36 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent appearances: 12. Kup Svetozara Gligorica and Prva liga Centralne Srbije 2025. Also played 5 rapid (including TROFEJ NISA 2026) and 2 blitz events (including Pojedinacno prvenstvo Centralne Srbije u brzopoteznom sahu za 2026. godinu) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2005–2007) and 14 months (2007–2009). His peak of 2314 was reached at age 32 (Sep 2017).
Competes for Serbia since Jan 2007. Awarded FM in 2017 (age 32). At junior level, he reached #29 and #14 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
2257
Standard
Rpd2298·Blz2246
All-time high
2314
−57 pts below
Sep 2017 · age 32
Sep 2017 · age 32
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#144 · Serbian players · of 3,079
Career timeline
23 entries2026
17th Serbian 40-45 player
at age 41 · rated 2257
Jun 2026
2022
12th Serbian 35-40 player
at age 37 · rated 2297
Dec 2022
2021
Re-crossed 2300
at age 36
May 2021
2020
33rd Serbian 20-35 player
at age 35 · rated 2298
Oct 2020
2019
500 career games
at age 34
Jun 2019
2017
FM title awardedFM
at age 32
Sep 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-21
2278 → 2257
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
7/ 1450.0%
6W2D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/4 | #13 | 2347 | +12.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 4/10 | #50 | 2159 | -33.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNemanja ZivkovicIM
🇷🇸SRB·2325
+9 −28 =30
67 games·last met Aug 2023
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vsBranimir MaksimovicIM
🇷🇸SRB·2158
+27 −26 =12
65 games·last met Mar 2020
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vsMiroslav D MiljkovicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2399
+4 −34 =9
47 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsMaja Velickovski-NejkovicWIM
🇷🇸SRB·1947
+32 −9 =4
45 games·last met Nov 2019
View head-to-head →
vsVuk DjordjevicIM
🇷🇸SRB·2372
+8 −26 =10
44 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Serbia
#144
out of 4,274 players
Europe
#3,789
in continent
World
#5,568
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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