GM Ivan Saric

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Full name

Ivan Saric

Born

Aug 17, 1990 (age 34)‎

Place of birth

Split, Croatia

Federation

Croatia

Rating

Bio

Ivan Saric was born on August 17, 1990, in Split, Croatia. He is currently the highest-rated Croatian grandmaster (as of February 2021) and has been on Croatia's Olympic team since 2010. He reached his peak FIDE rating of 2703 in 2019.

Saric won the Under-18 European Championship in 2007, a year before earning his grandmaster title. He came in first at the 2008 World Under-18 Championship and won the Croatian Championship in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, and 2017. In 2018, Saric won the European Individual Chess Championship.

Best Game

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (31 games)

Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defense (30 games)

French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (29 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (27 games)

Giuoco Piano Game (23 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo, Fianchetto Variation (29 games)

Closed Sicilian Defense: Traditional Line (27 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (25 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (24 games)

King's Indian Defense (21 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Ivan Saric (2689) Samir Sahidi (2478)	1-0	39	2024
Ivan Saric (2678) Abhimanyu Mishra (2598)	1-0	53	2024
Ivan Saric (2676) Vladimir Zakhartsov (2547)	1-0	51	2024
Ivan Saric (2680) Toms Kantans (2482)	1-0	35	2024
Ivan Saric (2670) Kateryna Dolzhikova (2259)	1-0	33	2024
Ivan Saric (2670) Thibaut Vandenbussche (2427)	1-0	53	2024
Ivan Saric (2670) Dominik Horvath (2534)	1-0	32	2024
Ivan Saric (2670) Kirill Shevchenko (2675)	1-0	33	2024
Ivan Saric (2615) Kirill Shevchenko (2618)	1-0	51	2024
Ivan Saric (2670) Slavisa Brenjo (2386)	1-0	35	2024

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