Mirjana Marić ( sr-Cyrl, Мирјана Марић; born January 10, 1970) is an American-born Serbian

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player who holds the

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(WGM). She lives in

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, capital of

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(former

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), and has a dual Serbian and US citizenship. Marić was born in

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and introduced to chess at the age of four, together with her 20-minutes-older twin sister

Alisa Marić Alisa Marić, PhD ( sr-Cyrl, Алиса Марић, ; born 10 January 1970) is a Serbian chess player who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and International Master (IM). On 27 July 2012, she was elected as Minister of Youth and Sp ...

. Alisa and Mirjana are the only twins with grandmaster titles in the history of modern chess. At an early age, she shared 1-3 place in the

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U16 in France 1984 (bronze medal), and won the same competition in Israel in 1985. Marić was twice Yugoslav Chess Champion, sharing first place with Suzana Maksimovic in 1991. and winning alone in 1993. She played three times for Yugoslavia on

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s, in Novi Sad 1990 (2nd team), in Moscow 1994 and Yerevan 1996. FIDE has awarded her with the

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(WIM) title in 1988 and with the

(WGM) title in 1992. In the

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cycles she played on Interzonal tournaments in

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1991 and

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1993. She graduated in mathematics at

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and married

international master 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 ...

Zoran Stamenkovic. After 2000 Mirjana Marić has played occasionally, mainly in team events. After a long pause she played in the Serbian women's championship in Pancevo in 2007, and came fourth of 12 participants.

References

1.Beograd-metropola saha, Sahovski savez Beograda 1997.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maric, Mirjana 1970 births Living people Serbian female chess players Serbian chess players Yugoslav female chess players Yugoslav chess players Chess Woman Grandmasters World Youth Chess Champions American people of Serbian descent Chess players from New York City Chess players from Belgrade University of Belgrade Faculty of Mathematics alumni 21st-century American sportswomen