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SRB · 46 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2490 (Jul 2002)

Best performance: 2685 at Oberliga Wuerttemberg 2007/08(Best of 2007)

World #=3279 live, down 19#3,260 publishedSerbia #=76Europe #=2123among active players

Classical rating

2328

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Jan 2001 or earlier

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 2343 to 2328 over the last 12 months; peak 2490 in July 2002.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262328, -10, 9 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262338, 0, 0 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262338, -5, 6 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262343, 0, 0 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262343, 0, 0 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262343, 0, 0 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
May 20262343, 0, 0 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262343, 0, 0 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262343, 0, 0 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262343, 0, 0 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262343, 0, 0 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252343, 0, 0 games2349, 0, 0 games2426, 0, 0 games
Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 12/27 gamesrating 2490 of 2500, live 2328composition metdetails ↓

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 3 games (3 draws), since Oct 23. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Oct 18 – Oct 20.

From 736 classical games on record, the latest on Oct 25.

Classical games since the November list

No rated classical games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Last playedScore
PRVA LIGA CENTRALNE SRBIJE 2026Oct 17 – Oct 25TPR 22593½/9

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 1 · 12 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2490, needs 2500

No outstanding composition requirement

VII Mem Mirko SrajberNov 20019/12

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Classical

From 725 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2006–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Predrag Nikolic, Aug 2015 · Serbian League 2015, 2606
2, GM Mihajlo Stojanovic, Sep 2007 · Serbian League 2007, 2601
3, GM Alojzije Jankovic, 2 wins, Aug 2017 · 16th Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2582

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 258 of 736 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.Nf3 in 91 of 129 games, 1.d4 in 38.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6 or 1...d5.

All openings (11 as White, 9 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
English Opening3253%
Queen's Gambit Declined1254%
King's Indian Attack1145%
King's Indian Defense1159%
Slav Defense1055%

23 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

50 of 148 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
2026156½23122262
202563½21652222
202411225372275
2023178½23282328
2022371424302343
20213215½23702356
202011325722397
20193518½23702391
2018452424352456
20164428½23092419
20154728½23312411
2014683923032353
2013332322642413
2012221024332397
2011191023832404
20102110½23932393
20088154½22692394
20075331½24142479

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Petar Benkovic · Classical

World

  1. #=3279FM Kerem Sarp Yekeler2328.0
  2. #=3279Goran Pavlovic2328.0
  3. #=3279IM Petar Benkovic2328.0
  4. #=3298IM Miroslav Maslik2327.4
  5. #=3298FM Alexander Strom-Engdahl2327.4

Serbia

  1. #75FM Boris Stankovic2329.0
  2. #=76Goran Pavlovic2328.0
  3. #=76IM Petar Benkovic2328.0
  4. #78IM Jovan Todorovic2324.0
  5. #79CM Uros Cvetanovic2323.4

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.