Nikola Sedlak (born 13 December 1983) is a Serbian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player who holds the titles of Grandmaster (GM) (2003),

Serbian Chess Championship The Serbian Chess Championship is held by the Serbian Chess Association. The first championships were played in 1935 and until 1991 they were the Yugoslav Chess Championship. In 1992 FR Yugoslavia was formed, which changed its name to Serbia and M ...

winner (2010),

Chess Olympiad 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 an ...

individual gold medal winner (

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), and EU Individual Open Chess Championship winner (2007).

Career

In 2000, Sedlak won Yugoslav Youth Chess Championship in U18 age group. In 2001, he won silver medal in Yugoslav Junior Chess Championship in U20 age group. In 2002, Sedlak shared 1st place in

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 ...

. In 2010, he won

. In 2014, Sedlak won bronze medal in Serbian Chess Championship. Sedlak is winner of many international chess tournaments, including winning or sharing first place in

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(1999), Pula (2003),

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(2004), Subotica (2005),

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(2007),

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memorial in

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(2008),

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(2009). In 2007 in Arvier he won 3rd Individual Open Chess Championship. Sedlak played for Yugoslavia and Serbia in the

: * In 2006, at second board in the

37th Chess Olympiad The 37th Chess Olympiad ( it, Le 37° Olimpiadi degli scacchi), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as we ...

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(+4, =4, -4), * In 2010, at first 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 c ...

Khanty-Mansiysk Khanty-Mansiysk ( rus, Ха́нты-Манси́йск, Khánty-Mansíysk, lit. ''Khanty-Mansi Town''; Khanty: , ''Jomvoćś''; Mansi: , ''Abga'') is a city and the administrative center of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, Russia. It stan ...

(+2, =5, -3), * In 2012, at fourth 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 Is ...

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(+5, =4, -0), * In 2014, at fourth board in the 41st Chess Olympiad in

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(+5, =3, -0) and won individual gold medal, * 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 ...

in Baku (+0, =3, -4). Sedlak played for Yugoslavia and Serbia 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 2003, at reserve board in the 14th European Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv (+0, =2, -1), * In 2007, at reserve board in the 16th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+3, =2, -3), * In 2009, at second board in the 17th European Team Chess Championship in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

(+2, =3, -3), * In 2015, at fourth board in the 20th European Team Chess Championship in Reykjavik (+2, =4, -2), * In 2017, at reserve board in the 21st European Team Chess Championship in Hersonissos (+3, =2, -0), * In 2019, at second board in the 22nd European Team Chess Championship in

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(+3, =2, -4). In 2000, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title three years later.

References

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