Scouting report: Zoran Jovanovic (GM, CRO)

1,774 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,612 classical, 58 rapid, 105 blitz): 39% wins, 48% draws, 13% losses. FIDE rating 2492 standard, 2543 rapid, 2531 blitz. 331 games analyzed with Stockfish: 95% accuracy, 0.02 blunders per game.

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Zoran Jovanovic

GM

Croatiaborn 1979FIDE ID 14505320

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2460
2500
2540
2580
2513 · Sep 2023
Oct
2024
Apr
Jul
Oct
2025
Apr
Jul
Oct
2026
Apr
Jul
Oct
Sep 2023Oct 2026
2543
2531
2492
2589peak, Sep 2011
1,774games
684wins, 39%
853draws, 48%
237losses, 13%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 94.7% average
Solid conversion: 87%
Very consistent (92%)
Very precise: only 0.0 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (67% in 860 games)

Play against Jovanovic's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,774 games

Openings

1,774 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White

No significant weaknesses detected as white

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Scotch Game1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.d414 games, last played 10 months ago64.3%wins
Sicilian: Closed1.e4 c5 2.c3 c659 games, last played last month57.6%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 331 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.2%
Middlegame
94.3%
Endgame
95.2%
Clutch factor
+4%
Winning (+2)
94%
Equal
96%
Losing (−2)
90%
Problematic pieces
28%
51 err
21%
37 err
18%
32 err
13%
23 err
11%
19 err
9%
17 err
Critical moment
Move 42 avg
0%
1-15
0%
16-25
60%
26-35
0%
36-45
40%
46+
60% of blunders occur after move 26-35. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
11
Few
Many
e4
11
e2
7
e5
7
b4
6
d3
6
e4/e2 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#43
h5?? vs Kozul
Middlegame · OTB · 2026
#52
b4?? vs Golubovic
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#36
b5+?? vs Sipic
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#15
f5?? vs Musovic
Middlegame · OTB · 2025
#70
d5?? vs Anton Guijarro
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#33
f2?? vs Santos Latasa
Middlegame · OTB · 2025

Recent games

Horvath, Dominik(2560)

39th Sonnenterassen Open · 9 Aug 2026

½–½
Marn, Jan(2357)

39th Sonnenterassen Open · 7 Aug 2026

½–½
Gschnitzer, Adrian(2435)

39th Sonnenterassen Open · 6 Aug 2026

½–½
Zelcic, Robert(2448)

39th Sonnenterassen Open · 5 Aug 2026

½–½
Neuhoff, Laertes(2352)

39th Sonnenterassen Open · 4 Aug 2026

1–0
Neukirchner, Pascal(2319)

39th Sonnenterassen Open · 3 Aug 2026

1–0

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,774 games in scope
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905 games44%W45%D11%L
Move
1. e4
8605w
44%45%
67%
1. d4
2616y
35%46%19
58%
1. c4
135y
46%38%16
65%
1. f3
511y
100%
50%
1. c3
124y
100%
50%

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