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Leskovac, Nikola
🇷🇸FIDE 997285· Male· Serbia· Born in 2008
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Nikola Leskovac, a 18-year-old Serbian player, is rated 2206 — his current career high and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +113 Elo over the past 12 months. 92 rated games in the past year (≈60/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Polufinale pojedinacnog prvenstva Srbije 2026 - OPEN, Kup Vojvodine 2026 - Ekipno, and 19. Festival mladih SS Srbije - standard M20. Also played 15 rapid (including TROFEJ SMEDEREVSKA PALANKA 2025) and 12 blitz events (including Drugi memorijalni turnir "Miroslav Cabarkapa Mimica") recently.
At junior level, he reached #5, #3, #3 and #7 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2206
Standard
Rpd2217·Blz2114
All-time high
2206
at best
Jun 2026 · age 18
Jun 2026 · age 18
Activity
75
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
87 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#477 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
16 entries2026
Crossed 2200
at age 18
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2206
at age 18
Jun 2026
5th Serbian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2170
May 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 18
Jan 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 16
Dec 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+167
2039 → 2206
Tournaments
11
83 games
Score
41/ 8349.4%
26W30D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/9 | #23 | 2233 | +36.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/5 | #32 | 2112 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #10 | 2226 | +58.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/9 | #38 | 2104 | +11.8 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 6/9 | #2 | 2113 | +27.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/9 | #25 | 2008 | -38.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/7 | #26 | 2155 | +24.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMilan A GagicFM
🇷🇸SRB·2319
+5 −28 =10
43 games·last met May 2026
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vsOgnjen Cuzovic
🇷🇸SRB·2177
+16 −15 =8
39 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsLav PajcinFM
🇷🇸SRB·2182
+2 −30 =4
36 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMilos Pasula
🇷🇸SRB·2046
+29 −4 =0
33 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsAleksa Krasko
🇷🇸SRB·1821
+25 −2 =2
29 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Serbia
#226
out of 4,274 players
Europe
#5,482
in continent
World
#7,852
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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