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Veljkovic, Lazar
🇷🇸FIDE 986585· Male· Serbia· Born in 2004
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Lazar Veljkovic, a 22-year-old Serbian player, is rated 1678 — just 1 short of his peak of 1679 (Mar 2026, age 22). He has fluctuated between 1638 and 1679 over the past 2 years. 33 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Amateur Int. OPEN "Prestige 2026" - B U1900, Rejting turnir "NIS 2025", and Uljma Open 2025. Also played 6 rapid (including TROFEJ SMEDEREVSKA PALANKA 2025) and 5 blitz events (including OPEN Blitz Tournament "Paracin 2025") recently. He took a 65-month break between Feb 2020 and Aug 2025 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #79 and #62 nationally in U18 and U16.
Current rating
1678
Standard
Rpd1741·Blz1669
All-time high
1679
−1 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 22
Mar 2026 · age 22
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#117,892
#117,892 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
All-time peak 1679
at age 22 · −1 from today
Mar 2026
2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 21
Aug 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 20
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 20
Mar 2024
2021
79th Serbian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1432
Dec 2021
2020
62nd Serbian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1432
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+19
1659 → 1678
Tournaments
5
38 games
Score
17.5/ 3846.1%
12W11D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #15 | 1828 | +15.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/9 | #5 | 1769 | +24.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/4 | #17 | 1871 | -1.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/4 | #51 | 1946 | -9.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #63 | 1643 | -11.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsVanja Veljkovic
🇷🇸SRB·1724
+11 −0 =4
15 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsAndrej Veljkovic
🇷🇸SRB
+10 −0 =4
14 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsJovan Lukic
🇷🇸SRB·1956
+0 −8 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsMihailo Momcilovic
🇷🇸SRB·2090
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Aug 2022
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vsIva Milenkovic
🇷🇸SRB·1604
+5 −2 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2023
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Rankings
/
Serbia
#2,650
out of 4,274 players
Europe
#81,981
in continent
World
#117,886
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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