| Milorad Knežević | |
| Country: | Yugoslavia Serbia |
| Birth Date: | 31 October 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Cetinje, Montenegro |
| Death Place: | Belgrad, Serbia |
| Grandmaster (1976) | |
| Peakrating: | 2505 (January 1978) |
Milorad Knežević (Serbian: Милорад Кнежевић; 31 October 1936 – 31 March 2005) was a Serbian chess Grandmaster (GM) (1976). He was the European Team Chess Championship bronze (1977) medalist.
From 1960, Milorad Knežević took part in the finals of the Yugoslav Chess Championship many times. In 1977 in Zagreb he shared the 3rd place together with Bojan Kurajica and Božidar Ivanović. In 1978, he repeated this success, again sharing 3rd place in the next final of the national championship, played in Belgrade.
Milorad Knežević's successes in international chess tournaments included, among others: shared 2nd place in Lublin (1968), 1st place in Starý Smokovec (1974 and 1975), 2nd place in Rimavská Sobota (1974), shared 2nd place in Polanica-Zdrój (1976, Akiba Rubinstein memorial),[1] 1st place in Kragujevac (1977), shared 1st place in Sarajevo (1979, tournament Bosna, together with Bojan Kurajica and Iván Faragó), 2nd place in Camagüey (1987, tournament B José Raúl Capablanca Memorial) and shared 3rd place in Belgrade (1993).
Milorad Knežević played for Yugoslavia in the European Team Chess Championship:[2]
Milorad Knežević played for Yugoslavia in the World Student Team Chess Championship:[3]
Milorad Knežević played for Yugoslavia in the Men's Chess Balkaniads:[4]
In 1974, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title two years later.
Milorad Knežević was a lawyer by profession.