Borki Predojević
| Borki Predojević | |
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| Country | FR Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Born | 6 April 1987 Teslić, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2654 (June 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2655 (May 2016) |
Borki Predojević (born 6 April 1987 in Teslić) is a Bosnian chess grandmaster and the youngest ever from his country. He is the top ranked player of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Predojević was European Champion U-12 in 1999 and U-14 in 2001. In 2003 he transferred federations from FR Yugoslavia to Bosnia and Herzegovina,[2] and won the World U-16 Championship. Predojević earned the Grandmaster title with his performance at the 2004 Olympiad where he made his third required norm. He won the 2009 Acropolis International chess tournament in Athens, and in the same year he shared second place with Wang Hao in the 39th Bosna International Tournament, a six-player double round-robin event in Sarajevo.[3] In the 2011 edition, held with the Swiss system, he tied for 2nd-4th with Hrant Melkumyan and Mircea Pârligras.[4] On 28 and 29 June 2013, he played a friendly four-game rapid match with world No. 1 player Magnus Carlsen in Lillehammer, losing by 1.5-2.5 after three draws and one loss.[5]
Predojević was member of the silver medal-winning team ŠK Bosna Sarajevo at the European Club Cup in 2004. He played for Bosnia and Herzegovina's national team in the Chess Olympiads of 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2014. In the 2008 event he achieved a rating performance of 2745, the fourth best at board 2.[6]
References
- ↑ Bosnia & Herzegovina Top 100 chess players FIDE
- ↑ Player transfers in 2003. FIDE.
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- ↑ Borki Predojević team chess record at OlimpBase.org
External links
- Borki Predojevic chess games at 365Chess.com
- Borki Predojević player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Interview (2011). Nezavisne. (Bosnian)
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