Ante Brkić

Ante Brkić (born 31 March 1988) is a Croatian chess grandmaster.

Ante Brkić
Ante Brkić at the World Cup 2021 in Sochi
CountryCroatia
Born (1988-03-31) March 31, 1988
TitleGrandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating2606 (October 2023)
Peak rating2621 (September 2021)

Chess career

He won the Croatian Chess Championship in 2010 and has represented his country in a number of Chess Olympiads, including 2004 (2/4 on board 6),[1] 2006 (3.5/5 on board 6),[2] 2012 (2.5/6 on board 4),[3] 2016 (6/10 on board 5)[4] and 2018 (5/8 on board 4).[5]

He played in the Chess World Cup 2015, where he was defeated in the first round by Laurent Fressinet.

In 2019, he won the 26th Zadar Open with 7/9 points.[6]

He qualified again for the Chess World Cup 2021 where, ranked 102nd, he defeated Sergio Barrientos 2-0 in the first round, 27th seed Yuriy Kryvoruchko 1.5-0.5 in the second round and Salem Saleh 2-0 in the third round.[7]

References
  1. "OlimpBase :: 36th Chess Olympiad, Calvia 2004, Croatia". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. "OlimpBase :: 37th Chess Olympiad, Turin 2006, Croatia". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. "OlimpBase :: 40th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012, Croatia". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. "OlimpBase :: 42nd Chess Olympiad, Baku 2016, Croatia". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. "OlimpBase :: 43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi 2018, Croatia". www.olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  6. "The Week in Chess 1311". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  7. "Tournament tree — FIDE World Cup 2021". worldcup-results.fide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
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