Rade Milovanović (12 November 1954 – 3 February 2024) was a Bosnian

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International Master (IM) (1988) who has represented the

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since 2002, and was a

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team silver medalist in

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Biography

In 1972, in

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Rade Milovanović won the Bosnia and Herzegovina Junior Chess Championship. In 1973, he won silver medal in the Yugoslavian Junior Chess Championship and won gold medal in the Balkan Junior Chess Championship. Rade Milovanović played for Yugoslavia in the Men's Chess Balkaniad: * In 1973, at first reserve board in the 5th Men's Chess Balkaniad in

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(+2, =2, -0) he won a team bronze medal and individual gold medal. Rade Milovanović graduated

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in the mid-1970s. In 1988, he won International Chess Tournaments in

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and

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. In 1988, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. In 1989, he came second in the International Chess Tournament in Tuzla. After the

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, he represented Bosnia and Herzegovina. Rade Milovanović played for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the

: * In 1994, at second reserve board in the

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(+1, =0, -1) and won a team silver medal. Rade Milovanović moved to the United States in August 1998 and settled in

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. He won or split first place in several United States chess tournaments: ''PanAm Open'' (1998), ''Texoma Open'' (1999), ''Texas Masters'' (2002), '' U.S. Open Chess Championship'' (2008). In 1998, he won a chess tournament in

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and in 1999 he won the

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State Chess Championship. In 2000, Rade Milovanović shared 1st place in the international Chess Tournament in

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- ''National Open'' and in Dallas won the chess blitz tournament ''WBCA Grand Prix Blitz''. He worked as a chess coach for 20 years at the

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Rade Milovanović
chess games at 365chess.com 1954 births 2024 deaths American chess players Bosnia and Herzegovina chess players Yugoslav chess players Chess International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors University of Belgrade Faculty of Law alumni {{BosniaHerzegovina-chess-bio-stub