Dejan Pikula
Number of games in database: 194
Years covered: 1991 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2483
Highest rating achieved in database: 2576
Overall record: +74 -33 =87 (60.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (48)      B40 B90 B30 B48 B31  French Defense (13)      C11 C00 C13 C16 C10  French (10)      C11 C00 C13 C10 C12  Giuoco Piano (7)      C50 C53  Sicilian Najdorf (7)      B90 B92  Sicilian Taimanov (6)      B48 B45	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (38)      B42 B43 B40 B41 B27  Sicilian Kan (25)      B42 B43 B41  Slav (10)      D11 D17 D10 D13 D18  Queen's Indian (8)      E15 E12 E14 E16  Queen's Pawn Game (7)      A46 A40 A41 D02 A45  Nimzo Indian (5)      E47 E30 E46 E42 E32

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Pikula vs A C Doudin, 2001 1-0

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DEJAN PIKULA (born Jul-31-1969) Yugoslavia (citizen of Serbia) [what is this?] GM in 2002. ICC: Kipi Champion (shared) of Yugoslavia in 2001. Placed 3rd in 2002. Played for Yugoslavia in the 2002 olympiad. Serbian vice champion 2006 (he lost the playoff to GM Branko Damljanovic). Champion of Central Serbia 2007. Played for Serbia II in the European Team Ch 2009.

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 194  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Pikula vs T Matkovic   ½-½ 76 1991 Ch Yugoslavia C55 Two Knights Defense 2. A Kovacevic vs D Pikula   0-1 44 1993 YUG-Cup 36th B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 3. D Pikula vs Matulovic   1-0 39 1994 YUG-ch sf B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 4. M Aleksic vs D Pikula   ½-½ 32 1995 YUG-ch sf B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 5. D Pikula vs G Timoshenko   0-1 54 1995 Tivat op B40 Sicilian 6. D Pikula vs V Vujosevic   ½-½ 28 1995 Ch Yugoslavia (team) C50 Giuoco Piano 7. Gligoric vs D Pikula   0-1 35 1996 Ch Yugoslavia E97 King's Indian 8. D Pikula vs S Smagin   1-0 37 1996 Biel MTO op C55 Two Knights Defense 9. B Ivanovic vs D Pikula   ½-½ 20 1996 YUG-ch B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 10. Velimirovic vs D Pikula 1-0 43 1996 YUG-ch Podgorica B41 Sicilian, Kan 11. D Pikula vs B Filipovic   1-0 59 1996 YUG-ch B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 12. D Pikula vs Velimirovic   ½-½ 34 1997 YUG-ch52 B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 13. A Kovacevic vs D Pikula   1-0 41 1997 YUG-ch52 B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. B Knezevic vs D Pikula   1-0 47 1997 YUG-ch 1/2-1/2 fin B42 Sicilian, Kan 15. Gligoric vs D Pikula   ½-½ 31 1997 YUG-ch52 E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 16. R Brajovic vs D Pikula   0-1 36 1997 YUG-ch 1/2-1/2 fin B42 Sicilian, Kan 17. Matulovic vs D Pikula   1-0 48 1998 YUG-chT B42 Sicilian, Kan 18. S Marinkovic vs D Pikula   ½-½ 11 1999 YUG-chT B42 Sicilian, Kan 19. A Kovacevic vs D Pikula   ½-½ 17 1999 YUG Cup B27 Sicilian 20. Matulovic vs D Pikula   ½-½ 28 1999 YUG-chT B42 Sicilian, Kan 21. D Pikula vs B Ivanovic   ½-½ 25 1999 YUG Cup C50 Giuoco Piano 22. A Kovacevic vs D Pikula   1-0 42 2000 Novak Nikolic mem 2nd B41 Sicilian, Kan 23. D Pikula vs Velimirovic   1-0 28 2000 Novak Nikolic mem 2nd B79 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 12.h4 24. D Pikula vs B Filipovic   0-1 30 2000 YUG-chT B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 25. D Pikula vs Velimirovic   ½-½ 47 2000 Valjevo B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 194

Nov-07-05    Eastfrisian: This player must be Dejan Pikula from Serbia and Montenegro. He is born on 31.07.1969. Jul-31-06    BIDMONFA: Dejan Pikula PIKULA, Dejan http://www.bidmonfa.com/pikula_deja... _ Nov-25-09    Tabanus: GM Dejan Pikula, Serbia, born 31 July 1969. Now rated 2541, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... GM in 2002. Rating peak 2576 in Oct. 2008. ICC: Kipi Champion (shared) of Yugoslavia in 2001. Placed 3rd in 2002. Played for Yugoslavia in the 2002 olympiad (2nd reserve). Serbian vice champion 2006 (he lost the playoff to GM Branko Damljanovic). Champion of Central Serbia 2007. Shared 3rd in the Serbian Championship 2008, shared 4th in 2009. Played for Serbia II in the European Team Ch 2009 (board 3). Biography: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejan_... (in Dutch) Pictures: http://www.serbiachess.net/2009/kup... http://www.chessdom.com/images/stor... Apr-08-13    technical draw: It's Dejan Pikula all over again. Apr-08-13    TheFocus: Has the odd nickname of Mustard. Apr-08-13    Gregor Samsa Mendel: <TheFocus: Has the odd nickname of Mustard.> Which explains why he's a GM at Clue as well as chess; he was in the same cadet class as Mortimer.

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