Velimir Ivić (; born 27 August 2002) is a Serbian

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grandmaster since 2020. He has been an

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since 2018 and a

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since 2016. As of July 2022, Ivić is ranked the third-best player in Serbia by FIDE rating.

Chess career

Days before his 15th birthday, Ivić was a member of the silver medal-winning U18 Serbian team (lost to Germany on additional criteria) at the 2017 European Youth Team Chess Championship, scoring 6/7 on board 4, which earned him individual gold medal for his board and was also best overall result in the tournament according to points. In 2016, Ivić represented Serbia at the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, scoring 2.5/8 on board 2, and scored seven points after eleven rounds at the

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U14, ranking 8th - 14th. Ivić participated in the

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, scoring 4.5/8 on board 5. In Sept 2019, at seventeen years and four days, Ivić became the youngest Serbian ever to earn all Grandmaster requirements and second youngest to earn third GM norm, few months short of record held by Milan Zajić, who was only awarded conditional GM title at 16). Title was awarded following submission of IT2 application form when Ivić officially broke the record held by

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and became the youngest Serbian Grandmaster also recognized by the media in Serbia until 29 November 2020 when Luka Budisavljević became the new record holder at the age of 16 years, 10 months, and 7 days. Ivić qualified for the

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where, ranked 110th, he defeated Robert Hungaski 1½-½ in the first round, 19th seed

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1½-½ in the second round, 46th seed Matthias Bluebaum 1½-½ in the third round, and 14th seed Dmitry Andreikin 3-1 in the fourth round. He was defeated 3-1 by

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in the fifth round. At the

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, Ivić defeated

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with the score of 3-1 in the first round, and was eliminated by

with the score of 0-2 in the second round.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivic, Velimir 2002 births Living people Chess players from Belgrade Serbian chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors