Dragiša Blagojević (born 1 January 1966) is a Montenegrin

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player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (2004), six-times

Montenegrin Chess Championship The Montenegrin Chess Championship is organized by the Montenegro Chess Federation. Montenegro also participated in the Yugoslav Chess Championship until 1991 and the Serbia and Montenegro Chess Championship between 1992 and 2006. Men's champion ...

winner (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009), Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (

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Biography

Dragiša Blagojević made his first success in international chess tournaments in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1988, he placed 2nd in the International Chess Tournament in

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. Dragiša Blagojević won the International Chess Tournament in Tuzla in 1990, but in 1991 he was awarded the 4th place in the Yugoslav Chess Championship. In 1996, in Podgorica Dragiša Blagojević won 2nd place in the

, but in recent years has won six times this tournament: in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009. In 2002, he was 2nd in Yugoslav Chess Championship. In 2004, in

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Dragiša Blagojević placed 2nd in the International Chess Tournament. In 2005, in Bijelo Polje he placed 2nd in the International Chess Tournament. Dragiša Blagojević played for Montenegro in the Chess Olympiads: * In 2008, at fourth board in the

38th Chess Olympiad The 38th Chess Olympiad (german: Die 38. Schacholympiade), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place from 12 to 25 November 2008 in Dresden, ...

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(+7, =2, -0) and won individual gold medal, * In 2010, at fourth board in the

39th Chess Olympiad The 39th Chess Olympiad (russian: 39-я Шахматная олимпиада, ''39-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''), organised by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of ch ...

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(+3, =4, -2), * In 2012, at second board in the

40th Chess Olympiad The 40th Chess Olympiad ( tr, 40. Satranç Olimpiyatı), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place in Istan ...

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(+3, =4, -2), * In 2014, at second board in the

41st Chess Olympiad The 41st Chess Olympiad ( no, Den 41. Sjakkolympiade), organised by the FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took pla ...

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(+2, =2, -3), * In 2016, at third board in the

42nd Chess Olympiad The 42nd Chess Olympiad ( az, 42-ci Şahmat Olimpiadası; also known as the Baku Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough sometimes referred to as the "men's division", this ...

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(+2, =5, -2), * In 2018, at second board in the

43rd Chess Olympiad The 43rd Chess Olympiad ( ka, 43-ე საჭადრაკო ოლიმპიადა, ''43-e sach’adrak’o olimp’iada''; also known as the Batumi Chess Olympiad), organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and c ...

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(+4, =4, -1). Dragiša Blagojević played for Montenegro in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

s: * In 2007, at fourth board in the 16th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+1, =7, -0), * In 2009, at first board in the 17th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+2, =4, -1), * In 2011, at second board in the 18th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+1, =6, -1), * In 2013, at second board in the 19th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+1, =3, -3), * In 2015, at second board in the 20th European Team Chess Championship in Reykjavik (+0, =6, -1), * In 2017, at second board in the 21st European Team Chess Championship in

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(+1, =5, -1). In 1988, Dragiša Blagojević was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and in 2004 he received the title of FIDE Grandmaster (GM).

Private

His daughter Tijana (* 1997), is also already a successful chess player starting for serbia.

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Dragiša Blagojević
chess games at 365Chess.com 1966 births Sportspeople from Tuzla Montenegrin chess players Yugoslav chess players Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina people of Montenegrin descent {{Montenegro-bio-stub