Denis Kadrić (born 12 June 1995) is a German-born chess player representing Montenegro and formerly representing Bosnia and Herzegovina. He holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster.

Chess career

Kadrić family moved to Germany in 1992. He was born in 1995, and his family returned to Bosnia in 1998. When Kadrić was five years old, his father taught him the rules of the game. Kadrić won the

Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship The Bosnia and Herzegovina Chess Championship is the national chess championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was first organised in 2005 by the BIH Chess Union; more than ten years after its independence from Yugoslavia. In the first edition th ...

in 2013 in Cazin. He has represented Bosnia in four

Chess Olympiads The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

; 2012 (6.5/9 on board five), 2014 (7/11 on board four), 2016 (8.5/11 on board 2) and 2018 (7/11 on board one). In 2011, Kadrić was awarded the title of

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

(IM) and in 2015 the title of Grandmaster (GM). In June 2021, he was the number one ranked player in Bosnia. He qualified for the Chess World Cup 2021, where he defeated Dambasürengiin Batsüren in the first round, but was defeated by Yu Yangyi in the second round. In 2022, Kadrić transferred chess federations to represent Montenegro. He is the country's highest-rated player. Kadrić qualified for the Chess World Cup 2023, where he was defeated by

Pablo Salinas Herrera Pablo Salinas Herrera (born 3 June 1994) is a Chilean chess player. He was awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE in 2019. Career Salinas has won the Chilean Chess Championship five times; in 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021 and 2022. He has represente ...

in the first round.

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* * * 1995 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina chess players Chess Grandmasters Montenegrin chess players Sportspeople from Frankfurt Chess Olympiad competitors {{Montenegro-chess-bio-stub