Name: Ivan Zaja
Federation:  Croatia
Sex:  Male
Born: 1965
 FIDE ID: 14500450 FIDE Profile
Title: Grand Master
ELO Classic: 2424
ELO Rapid: 2397
ELO Blitz: 2404
Years: 1989 - 2023
Total Games: 948
Wins: 341 (35.97 %)
Draws: 413 (43.57 %)
Losses: 194 (20.46 %)
Score: 57.75 %

Ivan Zaja

Last tournaments played

Tournament Date Elo Avg. Country
Croatian Cup 2023 05/10/2023 2261  Croatia
Bundesliga 2022-23 10/22/2022 2558  Germany
30th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2022 09/24/2022 2450  Croatia
Croatian Cup 2022 05/18/2022 2289  Croatia

Ivan Zaja Repertoire with White pieces (most played)

ECO Opening Games
E81 King's Indian, Saemisch, 5...O-O 25 games
E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 21 games
D85 Gruenfeld, exchange variation 18 games
D36 Queen's Gambit Declined, exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2 12 games

Ivan Zaja Repertoire with Black pieces (most played)

ECO Opening Games
C06 French, Tarrasch, closed variation, main line 21 games
C18 French, Winawer, advance variation 16 games
C02 French, advance variation 16 games
A40 Queen's pawn 14 games

Games played by Ivan Zaja

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White ELO W Black ELO B Result Moves ECO Date Tournament View
Martinovic, S 2559 Zaja, I 2416 0-1 51 E21 2023 Croatian Cup 2023
Zaja, I 2416 Biti, O 2299 1-0 48 A41 2023 Croatian Cup 2023
Novosel, L 2353 Zaja, I 2416 ½-½ 39 A50 2023 Croatian Cup 2023
Zaja, I 2416 Saric, A 2524 ½-½ 24 D41 2023 Croatian Cup 2023
Hausrath, D 2465 Zaja, I 2417 ½-½ 30 E17 2022 Bundesliga 2022-23
Zaja, I 2417 Naumann, A 2513 ½-½ 24 D85 2022 Bundesliga 2022-23
Trbojevic, M 2332 Zaja, I 2417 ½-½ 15 C95 2022 30th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2022
Zaja, I 2417 Martinovic, S 2546 0-1 35 E71 2022 30th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2022
Antunac, G 2337 Zaja, I 2417 ½-½ 22 E11 2022 30th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2022
Zaja, I 2417 Kuljasevic, D 2560 ½-½ 20 E52 2022 30th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2022
Zaja, I 2417 Ostovic, M 2386 1-0 46 D27 2022 30th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2022
Petkov, V 2451 Zaja, I 2417 ½-½ 12 E18 2022 30th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2022
Zaja, I 2417 Plenca, J 2447 1-0 73 A85 2022 30th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2022
Zaja, I 2417 Krsnik Cohar, I 2296 ½-½ 11 B13 2022 30th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2022
Zaja, I 2417 Zivkovic, V 2364 ½-½ 26 D35 2022 30th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2022
Ivic, M 2187 Zaja, I 2449 ½-½ 41 B32 2022 Croatian Cup 2022
Zaja, I 2449 Livaic, L 2562 0-1 48 D35 2022 Croatian Cup 2022
Bukal, V 2371 Zaja, I 2449 ½-½ 10 D02 2022 Croatian Cup 2022
Segovic, G 2291 Zaja, I 2449 0-1 52 B90 2022 Croatian Cup 2022
Zaja, I 2449 Stevic, H 2558 ½-½ 16 D27 2022 Croatian Cup 2022
Zaja, I 2449 Matic, Z 2152 1-0 23 B06 2022 Croatian Cup 2022
Zaja, I 2461 Saric, A 2538 ½-½ 30 D41 2021 29th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2021
Leventic, I 2382 Zaja, I 2461 ½-½ 12 B31 2021 29th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2021
Zaja, I 2461 Golubovic, B 2400 ½-½ 43 D34 2021 29th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2021
Kozul, Z 2597 Zaja, I 2461 1-0 43 D15 2021 29th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2021
Zaja, I 2461 Martinovic, S 2552 ½-½ 25 D43 2021 29th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2021
Fercec, N 2426 Zaja, I 2461 ½-½ 34 B30 2021 29th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2021
Zaja, I 2461 Markus, R 2586 0-1 25 A53 2021 29th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2021
Beliavsky, A 2514 Zaja, I 2461 1-0 58 E11 2021 29th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2021
Brumen, D 2329 Zaja, I 2461 ½-½ 31 A45 2021 29th TCh-CRO Div 1a 2021
Sgircea, S 2271 Zaja, I 2461 1-0 78 E62 2019 2nd Citta di Imola Open
Zaja, I 2461 Pozzari, S 2122 1-0 24 A45 2019 2nd Citta di Imola Open
Zaja, I 2461 Drei, A 2146 0-1 34 E53 2019 2nd Citta di Imola Open
Malakhatko, V 2540 Zaja, I 2446 1-0 35 A20 2017 2nd Krunoslav Hulak Mem
Zaja, I 2446 Saric, A 2540 1-0 46 E38 2017 2nd Krunoslav Hulak Mem
Chakravarthi Reddy, M 2350 Zaja, I 2446 0-1 37 E12 2017 2nd Krunoslav Hulak Mem
Zaja, I 2446 Kuljasevic, D 2555 ½-½ 9 A45 2017 2nd Krunoslav Hulak Mem
Jurkovic, A 2286 Zaja, I 2446 0-1 23 B70 2017 2nd Krunoslav Hulak Mem
Zaja, I 2446 Mihalincic, T 2255 ½-½ 59 D66 2017 2nd Krunoslav Hulak Mem
Zaja, I 2475 Kozul, Z 2607 0-1 59 A53 2016 ch-CRO 2016
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