Miodrag Todorčević (''Миодраг Тодорчевић''; born 10 November 1940, in
Belgrade
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) a Serbian-French
chess
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master and
coach
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In his chess career, he represented Yugoslavia/Serbia (till 1968 and 1977–2003), France (1968–1977), and Spain (since 2003).
He won five times in
Paris City Chess Championship
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(1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1976) and won
French Chess Championship The French Chess Championship is the annual, national chess tournament of France. It was officially first played in 1923
after the formation of the ''Fédération Française des Echecs'' in 1921. The first unofficial national tournament was played i ...
at Dijon 1975.
Todorcevic played twice for France in
Chess Olympiads
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in 1972 and 1974.
He was awarded the
Grandmaster title in 1989. His current Elo rating is 2450.
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1940 births
Living people
Serbian chess players
French chess players
Spanish chess players
Chess grandmasters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Chess coaches
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