Ognjen Cvitan (born 10 October 1961) is a Croatian

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player. He earned the title of

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by winning the 1981 World Junior Championship. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by

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in 1987. Cvitan was born in

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(then Yugoslavia). He made his debut for Yugoslavia's C team at the

1990 Chess Olympiad The 29th Chess Olympiad ( sr, 29. Шаховска олимпијада, ''29. Šahovska olimpijada''), organized by Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this ...

, held in

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, recording a plus score on board one. At the

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Olympiad of 1992, he played on the second reserve board for Croatia and earned an individual gold medal. Cvitan competed in the

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, where he was knocked out in the first round by

Alexander Lastin Alexander Lastin (russian: Александр Ластин; 30 November 1976 – 23 January 2015) was a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. Lastin was born in Arkhangelsk and at three years old he move ...

. He took first places, either outright or shared, in a number of tournaments. In the late 1980s, these included Wolfsberg 1986, Prague 1987, Pula 1987 and 1988, Mendrisio 1987, 1988 and 1989, San Bernardino 1987, Belgrade 1987, Geneva 1988, Bela Crkva 1988, Oberwart 1988, Chiasso 1989, and Vrsac 1989. The 1990s were almost as fruitful for him, his first place tally including Cannes 1990 and 1996, Dubrovnik 1990, Bad Ragaz 1992, Forli 1993, Basel 1999 and Zurich 1999. Into the new millennium, he has registered victories at Zadar 2001, Oberwart 2001, Rijeka 2001 and Bizovac 2002. In 2011, he was awarded the title of

Trainer.

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