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Pajcin, Lav
FM🇷🇸FIDE 966746· Male· Serbia· Born in 2005
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Lav Pajcin, a 21-year-old Serbian FIDE Master, is rated 2182 and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 99 Elo over the past 12 months. 89 rated games in the past year (≈64/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Polufinale pojedinacnog prvenstva Srbije 2026 - OPEN, IM RR 108 Putnik, and Druga liga Srbije - grupa Vojvodina 2025. Also played 10 rapid (including R: "Pozega, grad saha") and 34 blitz events (including Drugi memorijalni turnir "Miroslav Cabarkapa Mimica") recently. His peak of 2300 was reached at age 20 (Jul 2025, Serbian #95 at the time).
Awarded FM in 2025 (age 20). At junior level, he reached World #95 in U12, World #61 in U10 and #3, #4, #3 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2182
Standard
Rpd2404·Blz2243
All-time high
2300
−118 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 20
Jul 2025 · age 20
Activity
64
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
66 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#9,179 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
23 entries2025
Peak Serbian rank: #95
at age 20 · rated 2300
Jul 2025
3rd Serbian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2300
Jul 2025
Crossed 2300
at age 20
Jul 2025
All-time peak 2300
at age 20 · −118 from today
Jul 2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 20
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2200
at age 19
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-118
2300 → 2182
Tournaments
7
57 games
Score
28.5/ 5750.0%
19W19D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/9 | #18 | 2251 | +9.4 |
Team | May 2026 | 1.5/2 | #77 | 2226 | +0.2 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 2.5/9 | #10 | 2046 | -54.2 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 2.5/9 | #9 | 2068 | -50.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMilan A GagicFM
🇷🇸SRB·2319
+50 −37 =23
110 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsSinisa RemeckiFM
🇷🇸SRB·2210
+35 −26 =20
81 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsSinisa DrazicGM
🇷🇸SRB·2230
+15 −41 =17
73 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsMilos Torbica
🇷🇸SRB·2172
+50 −9 =3
62 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsRatko BulajicFM
🇷🇸SRB·1952
+20 −25 =7
52 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
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Serbia
#268
out of 4,274 players
Europe
#6,470
in continent
World
#9,179
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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