Luka Lenič

Luka Lenič (born 13 May 1988) is a Slovenian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He is the top ranked chess player of his country.[1] Lenič won the under-14 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in Heraklion in 2002.[2] He won the Slovenian Chess Championship in 2008,[3] 2009,[4] 2010 and 2013. Lenič has played for the Slovenian national team in the Chess Olympiad, European Team Chess Championship, Mitropa Cup and European Youth Team Championship. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2017.[5]

Luka Lenič
Lenič in 2009
Country Slovenia
Born (1988-05-13) 13 May 1988
Ljubljana, Slovenia
TitleGrandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating2629 (October 2023)
Peak rating2662 (January 2018)
Peak rankingNo. 83 (January 2018)

References
  1. "Top 100 chess players of Slovenia (active players)". FIDE.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. Crowther, Mark (25 November 2002). "TWIC 420: World Youth Chess Championships". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  3. "Državno prvenstvo Slovenije za člane 2008" [National Championship of Slovenia for members 2008]. Slovenian Chess Federation (in Slovenian). Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  4. "Državno prvenstvo 2009" [National Championship 2009]. Slovenian Chess Federation (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  5. "FIDE World Cup 2017". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 21 September 2017.


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