Dražen Sermek (born 30 January 1969) is a Croatian chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which

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awarded him in 1994. He previously competed for Slovenia. Sermek won the

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in 1993 and 1998 and was a member of the Slovenian team in the

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s of 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006. He tied for 1st–4th with Michele Godena,

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and

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1997. In 2001 Sermek came first in the

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Open. In 2002, he won the New White Plus GM tournament in

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. In 2008, he tied for 3rd–7th places with Marat Dzhumaev, Darwin Laylo, Susanto Megaranto and Ashot Nadanian in the 5th

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Malaysia Open Championship in

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and came first in the MCF GM Tournament, which was also held in Kuala Lumpur.

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