Borki Predojević ( sr-cyrl, Борки Предојевић; born 6 April 1987 in

Teslić Teslić ( sr-cyrl, Теслић) is a town and municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the central part of the Republika Srpska, on the banks of Usora River. As of 2013, the town has a popul ...

) is a Bosnian

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grandmaster, the youngest ever from his country. He is the No. 1 ranked player of Bosnia and Herzegovina as of February 2021.

Early life

Borki Predojević was born on 6 April 1987 in

SR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

, SFR Yugoslavia (now

Republika Srpska Republika Srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Република Српска, lit=Serb Republic, also known as Republic of Srpska, ) is one of the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is locat ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

) to father Borislav Predojević, who is also a chess player and administrator, and mother Živana, doctor. He has a sister named Božana. Borki first started to play chess in the local club ''Teslić'' in 1995, and is one of the founders of chess club ''Mladost'', also in Teslić, in 1998.

Chess career

Predojević was European Champion U-12 in 1999 and U-14 in 2001 representing FR Yugoslavia ( Serbia and Montenegro). He was also Cadet Champion of FR Yugoslavia in 1998, 1999 and 2001. In 2003 he transferred federations from

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yug ...

to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and won the World U-16 Championship. Predojević earned the Grandmaster title with his performance at the 2004 Olympiad where he made his third required

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. He won the 2009

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, and in the same year he shared second place with Wang Hao in the 39th Bosna International Tournament, a six-player double round-robin event in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see names in other languages'') is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its administrative limits. The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo ...

. In the 2011 edition, held with the

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, he tied for 2nd-4th with

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and

Mircea Pârligras Mircea-Emilian Pârligras (born 28 December 1980) is a Romanian chess grandmaster and a two-time Romanian Chess Champion. As of November 2011, his FIDE rating is 2650, making him the 103rd player in the world. In 2007 he tied for 2nd–7th wi ...

. On 28 and 29 June 2013, he played a friendly four-game rapid match with world No. 1 player

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in Lillehammer, losing by 1.5-2.5 after three draws and one loss. Predojević was a member of the silver medal-winning team ŠK Bosna Sarajevo at the European Club Cup in 2004. In addition to his three Cadet Championships in FR Yugoslavia, he was also Cadet Champion of

10 times between 1997–2004, Youth Champion of both Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005 and Junior Champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina three times (2001, 2003, 2004). He represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in

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s in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2014. In the 2008 event he achieved a rating performance of 2745, the fourth best at board 2. Predojević authored his first book on chess ''Moje stvaralaštvo'' (My creativity) in 2010, written in the Serbian language, and is a co-author of seven volumes of ''Chess Evolution'' (2011–2013) in English language.

References

External links

Borki Predojevic
chess games at 365Chess.com *

'' Nezavisne''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Predojevic, Borki 1987 births Living people Chess grandmasters Bosnia and Herzegovina chess players Serbian chess players World Youth Chess Champions Chess Olympiad competitors People from Teslić Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina