Igor Miladinović ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Миладиновић; born 25 January 1974) is a

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n chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Miladinović won the 1993

World Junior Chess Championship The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Rits ...

and at the end of the year was declared

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(Serbia and Montenegro). In 1994 he played for

in the Moscow Olympiad, winning a bronze medal on 4th board. Around 1995 he moved to

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, playing for that country in four Olympiads from 1996 to 2002. His request to again represent Serbia & Montenegro was granted by FIDE on 5 October 2005. Miladinović was co-winner along with

Joël Lautier Joël Lautier () is a French chess grandmaster and one of the world's leading chess players in the 1990s and early 2000s. In 1986, he won the U-14 World Youth Chess Championship in Puerto Rico, Argentina. In 1988, he won the World Junior Chess ...

, winning his individual game against the latter in the 6th edition of the strong invitation tournament Sigeman & Co. at Malmö 1998. He won the 46th edition of the traditional Reggio Emilia chess tournament 2003/04 outright. Miladinović later returned to Serbia and is affiliated with the Serbian Chess Federation. He once was married to

Woman Grandmaster FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

Anna-Maria Botsari.

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