Ivan Šarić (; born 17 August 1990) is a Croatian

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grandmaster. He earned his IM title in 2007, and his GM title in 2008. He won the Under-18

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in 2007, and the Under-18

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in 2008. In 2018 he won the European Individual Chess Championship in Batumi with a score of 8.5/11 points. He has also won the

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, achieved at the 2014 Chess Olympiad.

Early life

Born in

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on 17 August 1990, his father taught him to play chess at the age of five. He took up the sport seriously when he was nine and began to compete in club and youth tournaments before venturing out into the international chess scene.

Chess career

He finished 8th in the 2002 Under-12

, tying with

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on 6 points while

Ian Nepomniachtchi Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi ( rus, Ян Алекса́ндрович Непо́мнящий, r=Yan Aleksandrovich Nepomnyashchiy, p=ˈjan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈpomnʲɪɕːɪj, a=Ru-Ian Alexandrovich Nepomnyashchij.ogg; born 14 J ...

won with 8. Valjaivan081030

In 2007 he became internationally known when he won the Under-18 division at the

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, scoring 7 out of 9. The following year he earned the grandmaster title and won the 2008 Under-18

, scoring 8 points in 11 games for a performance rating of 2623. He has won the

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, Maxim Turov, Pablo Almagro Llamas and

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at the 31st Villa de

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Open. Šarić won the Tata Steel Challengers tournament in 2014 with a score of 10/13 points. As a result, he qualified for the 2015 Tata Steel Masters, where he finished in 12th place scoring 4.5/11. One of his most notable results to date was a victory over

at the 2014 Chess Olympiad, where Šarić finished with a 7/11 score.Profile
chess-results.com; accessed 1 December 2014. In 2018 he won the

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with a score of 8.5/11 points and became the second player from Croatia who managed to achieve this title after

Zdenko Kožul Zdenko Kožul (born 21 May 1966) is a Croatian chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster and was the 2006 European champion. Chess career Born in the north-western Bosnian town of Bihać (then Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), Ko ...

, who has won it in 2006.

Personal life

He graduated in 2013 with a

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in Computer Science from the

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, and he lives in

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, Croatia, with his wife and daughter.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saric, Ivan 1990 births Living people Croatian chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess players from Split, Croatia World Youth Chess Champions University of Split alumni European Chess Champions Chess Olympiad competitors