Mladen Zelic
Number of games in database: 58
Years covered: 1981 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2305
Highest rating achieved in database: 2328
Overall record: +24 -23 =11 (50.9%)*
   * 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 (20)      B21 B22 B40  King's Gambit Declined (5)      C30 C32  King's Gambit Accepted (5)      C34 C35  French Defense (4)      C15 C11	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (4)      C63

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page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 58  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Zelic vs D Vajs   1-0 20 1981 corres YUG/NLD C34 King's Gambit Accepted 2. M Zelic vs Musta   ½-½ 43 1982 corres YUG/NLD C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 3. M Zelic vs Z Kalanj   1-0 21 1990 Sibenik C11 French 4. M Zelic vs Z Takac   1-0 22 1993 CRO-ch B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 5. Bastijanic Dusan vs M Zelic   1-0 30 1994 Tournament (team) C25 Vienna 6. M Zelic vs L Mazi 1-0 41 1994 Bled op 15th B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 7. M Zelic vs I Farago   1-0 62 1994 Bled op 15th B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 8. M Zelic vs M Franic   0-1 38 1995 Zadar C34 King's Gambit Accepted 9. V Arapovic vs M Zelic   ½-½ 29 1995 Makarska C25 Vienna 10. M Zelic vs M Cebalo 1-0 27 1995 Makarska B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 11. M Zelic vs M Cebalo 1-0 24 1995 Portoroz op B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 12. V Tukmakov vs M Zelic   1-0 39 1995 Portoroz op A48 King's Indian 13. M Zelic vs B Babic   1-0 23 1996 It open C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 14. M Zelic vs M Radolovic   1-0 25 1996 Ch Croatia C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 15. M Zelic vs T Lukic ½-½ 115 1996 It open C30 King's Gambit Declined 16. M Zelic vs Z Grdinic   0-1 58 1996 Ch Croatia team 2nd C30 King's Gambit Declined 17. J Krivec vs M Zelic   0-1 19 1996 It (open) C25 Vienna 18. M Zelic vs B Juric   0-1 37 1997 It open C34 King's Gambit Accepted 19. M Zelic vs D Bubalovic   0-1 27 1997 Ch Croatia team 2nd C30 King's Gambit Declined 20. V Tukmakov vs M Zelic   1-0 36 1999 CRO-Cup A80 Dutch 21. S Videki vs M Zelic   1-0 48 2001 Ivan Cvitanovic Mem C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 22. E Dearing vs M Zelic   1-0 26 2001 VI Cup IM A10 English 23. N Resika vs M Zelic   0-1 37 2001 VI Cup IM C48 Four Knights 24. V Dimitrov vs M Zelic   1-0 36 2001 Ivan Cvitanovic Mem A81 Dutch 25. M Zelic vs K Szabo   1-0 33 2001 VI Cup IM C15 French, Winawer  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 58

May-18-08    Zygalski: This guy really knows how to win with the Morra gambit. A shame more of his Morra games aren't on here. Jun-28-08    hitman84: <Zygalski>I second that. He is just too good. Look at the way he thrashes IMs and GMs with the Morra - UNBELIEVABLE! Jun-28-08    hitman84: He is an FM from Croatia. You can find more of his Morra Gambit games here: http://www.365chess.com/search_resu... Jun-28-08    Zygalski: His record there with the Morra is P=58 W=22 L=24 D=12 But doing a quick calculation, the average Elo of his opponents for the losses is 2460 - around 200 points higher than Zelic's own rating. In other words, here you have a reasonably strong FIDE Master testing the gambit against strong opposition and more than holding his own. Jun-28-08    hitman84: Yeah I've always thought that Morra is a playable opening at the GM level. But you need sound endgame knowledge. Most of the time you're bound to reach an ending a pawn down. Take a look at his losses -- many are well over 60 moves. Jun-28-08    Zygalski: GM Afromeev has probably the best record with the Morra http://www.365chess.com/search_resu... Jul-01-08    Zygalski: Zelic is playing very well at the moment, virtually certain to increase his highest FIDE rating of 2316. Must be all those Morra's :) http://ratings.fide.com/id.phtml?ev... Jul-08-08    hitman84: Yes indeed, good luck to him. Long Live the Morra!

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