Scouting report: Vlatko Kovacevic (GM, CRO)

1,356 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,338 classical, 18 rapid): 37% wins, 42% draws, 21% losses. FIDE rating 2466 standard. 17 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.06 blunders per game.

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Vlatko Kovacevic

GM

Croatiaborn 1942FIDE ID 14500078

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2440
2480
2466 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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2466
2522peak, Jan 2001
1,356games
506wins, 37%
564draws, 42%
286losses, 21%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 92.7% average
Plays 3.6% better with white
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.d4 as ♔ (66% in 541 games)
Vulnerable to 1.e4 ♔ (only 41%)

Play against Kovacevic's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,356 games

Openings

Based on player games

No clear weaknesses!

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 17 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
95.3%
Middlegame
93.5%
Endgame
95.8%
Clutch factor
+7%
Winning (+2)
96%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
33%
8 err
25%
6 err
17%
4 err
8%
2 err
8%
2 err
8%
2 err
Critical moment
Move 35 avg
0%
1-15
50%
16-25
0%
26-35
0%
36-45
50%
46+
50% of blunders occur after move 16-25. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
3
3
Few
Many
b3
3
d7
3
a4
1
b4
1
c3
1
b3/d7 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

2 errors
#46
b3?? vs Portisch
Endgame · OTB
#24
e4c3?? vs Petrosian
OTB

Recent games

Drmic, Tomislav(2224)

28th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2019 · 4 Oct 2019

1–0
Feletar, Darko(2356)

28th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2019 · 1 Oct 2019

½–½
Plenca, Jadranko(2469)

28th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2019 · 30 Sept 2019

0–1
Grozdanic, Goran(2014)

Croatian Cup 2019 · 18 May 2019

1–0
Brumen, Dinko(2320)

Croatian Cup 2019 · 16 May 2019

1–0
Bozinovic, Bogdan(2229)

27th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2018 · 13 Sept 2018

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,356 games in scope
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665 games44%W41%D15%L
Move
1. d4
5417y
46%40%14
66%
1. f3
6914y
43%36%21
62%
1. c4
33Jul 1973
27%48%25%
52%
1. e4
11Apr 1979
1845%37%
41%
1. b3
6
67%33%
33%
1. g3
4
75%25%
38%
1. b4
1Dec 1976
100%
100%

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