Ante Brkić Explained

Ante Brkić
Country:Croatia
Birth Place:Stari Mikanovci, Croatia
Grandmaster (2007)
Peakrating:2645 (June 2024)
Peakranking:No. 94 (June 2024)
Fideid:14506688

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

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]

External links

Notes and References

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