Overview
StankovicIvan (Ivan Stankovic) is a witty and tenacious FIDE Master known for long scrappy fights and sudden tactical fireworks. He prefers Rapid time control and has built a reputation as a comeback artist who never gives up until the last pawn falls.
Career highlights
- Holds the FIDE Master title and is a regular threat in online rapid events.
- Notable peak period in Blitz during early 2025. See peak details: 2732 (2025-02-03).
- Impressive resilience with a documented longest winning streak of 22 games and a longest losing streak of 15 games.
Playing style
Ivan plays long, strategic games with heavy endgame work and a flair for tactics when the position opens up. He tends to grind positions into long endgames and averages well over 70 moves per decisive game. His comeback rate is remarkable and he converts adverse situations into wins more often than most.
- Endgame frequency: high, often prefers deep technical fights.
- Avg moves per decisive game: around 76 moves.
- Tactical mindset: strong comeback ability and healthy win rate after losing material.
Openings and preferred lines
Ivan is eclectic but returns again and again to a few signature systems depending on time control.
- As Black he often steers games into the Sicilian Defense family and has great results there in rapid play.
- As White he prefers the Center Game: Berger Variation and the English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System when he wants a slow build and dynamic pawn structures.
- Rapid highlights: Center Game has shown especially strong scoring, and the Sicilian yields many sharp tactical chances.
Notable opponents and head-to-head
Ivan has a few frequent rivals online. He tends to dominate some and have dogfights with others.
- Most played opponent: vikramvishy007 with a very favorable record for Ivan.
- Other regulars include superrocket007 and arminmusovic.
- When facing familiar opponents Ivan often leans into preparation and deep endgame plans.
Streaks, psychology and timing
- Longest winning streak: 22 games.
- Longest losing streak: 15 games.
- Best hour of the day to play: midnight often works wonders for Ivan.
- He has a modest tilt factor and tends to recover well after losses.
Sample game and interactive widgets
Replay a short illustrative sequence or inspect his rapid rating trend.
- Mini replay:
- Rapid rating trend:
- Peak rapid stat: 2078 (2021-09-01)
Fun facts
- Ivan often turns sleepy equal positions into marathon endgames that outlast opponents.
- Average first capture happens near move 8, so he is comfortable with slow transformations into the middlegame.
- If you see him repeat the same opening three times in a row, he probably found a nuance he wants to punish.