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

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) 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

Early life

Borki Predojević was born on 6 April 1987 in

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(now

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) 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 (

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). He was also Cadet Champion of FR Yugoslavia in 1998, 1999 and 2001. In 2003 he transferred federations from

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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 norm. He won the 2009 Acropolis International chess tournament in

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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

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. In the 2011 edition, held with the Swiss system, he tied for 2nd-4th with

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and Mircea Pârligras. On 28 and 29 June 2013, he played a friendly four-game

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match with world No. 1 player

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, 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