Scouting report: Nikola Nestorovic (GM, SRB)

1,475 over-the-board games in the Chess Stalker database (1,459 classical, 8 rapid, 8 blitz): 42% wins, 34% draws, 24% losses. FIDE rating 2455 standard, 2461 rapid, 2416 blitz. 233 games analyzed with Stockfish: 93% accuracy, 0.06 blunders per game.

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Nikola Nestorovic

GM

Serbiaborn 1989FIDE ID 934526

Rating & statistics

FIDE rating lists · Sep 2023 – Sep 2026
2400
2440
2480
2482 · Sep 2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
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Sep 2023Oct 2026
2461
2455
2416
2516peak, Nov 2017
1,475games
624wins, 42%
498draws, 34%
353losses, 24%

Play style

before facing them
Elite accuracy: 93.3% average
Solid conversion: 81%
Very consistent (90%)
Very precise: only 0.1 blunders/game
Dominates 1.e4 as ♔ (63% in 653 games)
Vulnerable to 1.d4 ♔ (only 48%)

Play against Nestorovic's Twin

Their real openings, level & style

Based on 1,475 games

Openings

1,475 games

Weaknesses

where they slip as ♔ White
Sicilian: Classical1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 c612 games, last played 2 years ago41.7%losses

Strengths

what holds up for them as ♔ White
Alekhine Defense1.e4 f6 2.e5 d517 games, last played 4 years ago70.6%wins
Caro-Kann: Advance1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e555 games, last played 4 months ago58.2%wins

Deep analysis

Stockfish · Classical · 233 analyzed
Accuracy by phase
Opening
96.5%
Middlegame
93.7%
Endgame
94.6%
Clutch factor
+6%
Winning (+2)
95%
Equal
95%
Losing (−2)
89%
Problematic pieces
24%
44 err
23%
42 err
19%
34 err
12%
21 err
12%
22 err
10%
19 err
Critical moment
Move 36 avg
20%
1-15
20%
16-25
20%
26-35
10%
36-45
30%
46+
30% of blunders occur after move 46. Keep tension until then.
Error heatmap · Critical squares
9
Few
Many
g4
9
c4
7
c5
7
d8
6
e2
6
g4/c4 concentrate most errors. Force decisions in those zones.

Critical blunders

10 errors
#69
b4?? vs Goldbeck
Endgame · OTB · 2026
#47
a3?? vs Uysal
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#65
d5?? vs Caruana
Endgame · OTB · 2025
#24
a2?? vs Juhasz
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#25
e5+?? vs Zajic
Middlegame · OTB · 2024
#30
a4?? vs Stojanovic
Endgame · OTB · 2024

Recent games

Radisavljevic, Dalibor(2265)

12th Gligoric Cup 2026 · 22 May 2026

½–½
Stamenkovic, Aleksandar(2047)

12th Gligoric Cup 2026 · 21 May 2026

1–0
Sydykov, Bayastan(2398)

BSB GM Norm 2026 · 8 May 2026

1–0
Korchynskyi, Mykola(2433)

BSB GM Norm 2026 · 7 May 2026

½–½
Khusnutdinov, Rustam(2434)

BSB GM Norm 2026 · 6 May 2026

½–½
Vuckovic, Zarko(2407)

BSB GM Norm 2026 · 6 May 2026

½–½

Endgame statistics

Repertoire

PRO
1,475 games in scope
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729 games45%W33%D22%L
Move
1. e4
6534m
47%32%21
63%
1. d4
634m
29%38%33%
48%
1. c4
79m
71%29%
71%
1. f3
64y
33%50%17
58%

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