Ivan Šarić | |
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Country | Croatia |
Born | 17 August 1990 |
Title | Grandmaster |
FIDE rating | 2695 (May 2024) |
Peak rating | 2680 (November 2014) |
Ranking | No. 39 (May 2024) |
Ivan Šarić (born 17 August 1990, in Split) is a Croatian chess Grandmaster. He first became known internationally by winning the 2007 Under-18 division at the European Youth Chess Championship.[1] The following year he earned the grandmaster title and won the 2008 U18 World Youth Chess Championship.[2][3]
He has won the Croatian Chess Championships of 2009[4] and 2013.[5] Saric has played for the Croatian national team since 2009.[6]
In 2011 he tied for 2nd-7th with Julio Granda, Aleksander Delchev, Maxim Turov, Pablo Almagro Llamas and Mihail Marin the 31st Villa de Benasque Open.[7]
Šarić won the Tata Steel Challengers tournament in 2014 with a score of 10/13 points.[8] As a result, he qualified for the 2015 Tata Steel Masters, where he finished in 12th place scoring 4.5/11.[9]
His most notable result to date was defeating World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the 2014 Chess Olympiad,[10] where Šarić finished with 7/11.[11]
He has a bachelor's degree in Informatics (Computer Science), from the University of Split, where he graduated in 2013, and he lives in Omiš, Croatia, with his wife and daughter.
References
- ^ Valery Golubenko (8 October 2007). "New record for the European Youth Chess Championships". chessbase.com. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
- ^ P. Smolčić (30 October 2008). "Šahovska senzacija iz Splita: Ivan Šarić svjetski prvak" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
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(help) - ^ Mateo Ivić (30 October 2008). "Ivan Šarić postao juniorski prvak svijeta u šahu" (in Croatian). 24 sata. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
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(help) - ^ "Match I.Saric-A.Jankovic for Croatian Champion for 2009. Tournament report". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ^ Mihailov, Anton (2014-02-14). "GM Ivan Saric is champion of Croatia". FIDE. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ^ Ivan Šarić team chess record at Olimpbase.org
- ^ "Tigran Petrosian Victorious in Benasque Open". Chessdom. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ "76th Tata Steel Tournament 2014 | The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ^ "Magnus Carlsen wins Tata Steel Masters 2015 | The Week in Chess". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
- ^ Profile, newsinenglish.no; accessed 1 December 2014.
- ^ Profile, chess-results.com; accessed 1 December 2014.
External links
- Ivan Saric rating card at FIDE
- Ivan Šarić player profile and games at Chessgames.com