Ante Brkić (born 31 March 1988) is a Croatian chess grandmaster.

Ante Brkić
Ante Brkić at the World Cup 2021 in Sochi
CountryCroatia
Born (1988-03-31) March 31, 1988 (age 36)
Stari Mikanovci, Croatia
TitleGrandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating2639 (May 2024)
Peak rating2643 (April 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 95 (April 2024)

Chess career edit

He won the Croatian Chess Championship in 2010 and has represented his country in a number of Chess Olympiads, including 2004 (2/4 on board 6),[1] 2006 (3.5/5 on board 6),[2] 2012 (2.5/6 on board 4),[3] 2016 (6/10 on board 5)[4] and 2018 (5/8 on board 4).[5]

He played in the Chess World Cup 2015, where he was defeated in the first round by Laurent Fressinet.

In 2019, he won the 26th Zadar Open with 7/9 points.[6]

He qualified again for the Chess World Cup 2021 where, ranked 102nd, he defeated Sergio Barrientos 2-0 in the first round, 27th seed Yuriy Kryvoruchko 1.5-0.5 in the second round and Salem Saleh 2-0 in the third round.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: 36th Chess Olympiad, Calvia 2004, Croatia". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: 37th Chess Olympiad, Turin 2006, Croatia". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012, Croatia". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: 42nd Chess Olympiad, Baku 2016, Croatia". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. ^ "OlimpBase :: 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018, Croatia". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  6. ^ "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  7. ^ "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

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