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Elez, Nikola
🇷🇸FIDE 942065· Male· Serbia· Born in 1990
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Nikola Elez, a 36-year-old Serbian player, is rated 2069 and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 95 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 12. Kup Svetozara Gligorica, OPEN PUTNIK U-2400, and SAHOVSKI TROFEJ NOVOG SADA 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including MEDJUNARODNO PRVENSTVO NOVOG SADA - Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including Nikoljdanski turnir Mladost 2025) recently. He took a 12-month break between Oct 2023 and Nov 2024. His peak of 2245 was reached at age 20 (Jul 2010).
Competes for Serbia since Jan 2007. At junior level, he reached #8, #9 and #8 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2069
Standard
Rpd2135·Blz2043
All-time high
2245
−176 pts below
Jul 2010 · age 20
Jul 2010 · age 20
Activity
16
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#18,527 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
24 entries2026
24th Serbian 35-40 player
at age 36 · rated 2101
Apr 2026
2024
60th Serbian 20-35 player
at age 34 · rated 2185
Aug 2024
2023
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2185 → returned at 2183
Oct 2023
2021
Re-crossed 2100
at age 31
Dec 2021
500 career games
at age 31
Dec 2021
2015
Re-crossed 2200
at age 25
Nov 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-95
2164 → 2069
Tournaments
5
34 games
Score
19/ 3455.9%
13W12D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1.5/5 | #36 | 1907 | -25.4 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/5 | #15 | 2005 | -6.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/8 | #4 | 2020 | -17.2 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2057 | -10.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/7 | #20 | 1907 | -36.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSinisa DrazicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2230
+0 −1 =6
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsMilan Cecaric
🇷🇸SRB·1901
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMilenko Mandic
🇷🇸SRB·1723
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsStanislav MikheevIM
🇷🇸SRB·2157
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Oct 2021
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vsMilos StankovicIM
🇷🇸SRB·2425
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2016
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Rankings
/
Serbia
#629
out of 4,274 players
Europe
#13,548
in continent
World
#18,527
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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