Ante Brkić (born 31 March 1988) is a Croatian

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grandmaster.

Chess career

He won the

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s, including

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

(2/4 on board 6),

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

(3.5/5 on board 6),

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

(2.5/6 on board 4),

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

(6/10 on board 5) and

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

(5/8 on board 4). He played in the

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, where he was defeated in the first round by

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. In 2019, he won the 26th

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Open with 7/9 points. He qualified again for the

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where, ranked 102nd, he defeated Sergio Barrientos 2-0 in the first round, 27th seed

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1.5-0.5 in the second round and Salem Saleh 2-0 in the third round.

References

External links

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Ante Brkić
chess games at 365Chess.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brkić, Ante 1988 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Croatian chess players People from Stari Mikanovci