Božidar Ivanović ( cnr-Cyrl, Божидар Ивановић; born 24 August 1946) is a Montenegrin

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, politician, and chess official. He has served as Minister of Sport and Tourism in Montenegro. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship twice, in 1973 and 1981.http://www.chessgames.com, the Božidar Ivanović player profile. He also won the championship of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1996., the Božidar Ivanović results file. His

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rating is 2444 as of January 2008.

Biography

Ivanović was born in

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, then

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. He earned his

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title in 1976, and was promoted to Grandmaster in 1977. He represented Yugoslavia once at the World U26 Olympiad, four times at

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s, once at the European Team Championship, and once at the World Team Championship. He then represented Montenegro at the 2007 European Team Championship. His full international team results follow.http://www.olimpbase.org/playersy/267wkceh for U26 Olympiad, http://www.olimpbase.org/players/26ywkceh.html, for Olympiads, http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/26ywkceh.html, for Euroteams, and http://www.olimpbase.org/playerst?26ywkceh.html for the World Teams. *

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1972, Under 26 Olympiad, Yugoslavia board 3, +10 -1 -1, board gold. * Valletta 1980 Olympiad, Yugoslavia 1st reserve, +0 =4 -2, team 4th. *

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1983, Euroteams, Yugoslavia board 8, +3 =4 -0, team silver. * Thessaloniki 1984 Olympiad, Yugoslavia 1st reserve, +2 =3 -2. *

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1989, World Team Championship, Yugoslavia 1st reserve, +0 =2 -1, team silver. * Novi Sad 1990 Olympiad, Yugoslavia 2nd team, board 3, +4 =4 -1. * Yerevan 1996 Olympiad, Yugoslavia board 1, +1 =8 -2. * Heraklio 2007, Euroteams, Montenegro board 2, +0 =2 -1. For most of his career, Ivanović competed mainly in Yugoslavia and the

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region, with occasional forays into North America and western Europe. He made his debut in the Yugoslav Chess Championship finals in 1968, but struggled that year. He made an even score in the championship the next year, 9.5/19. Besides his four titles, he made strong results in 1977 at

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with 8.5/13 for a shared 3-5th place, and in 1991 at Banja Vrujci with 8.5/13 for a shared 4-7th place. Ivanović won the traditional

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in 1983, alongside Kevin Spraggett. Other best international-level results included: shared 2nd-3rd at

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A 1980 with 7/11, shared 1st-3rd at

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Lido Open 1980 with 6/8, 4th at the

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Zonal tournament with 12/19 (but did not advance), shared 3rd-5th at

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1982 with 8/13, shared 4-6th at

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1983 with 8/13, shared 3rd-8th at the 1988

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Open with 6/9, advanced from the 1990

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Zonal with 9.5/15, 6.5/13 at the 1990

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for a middle of the field placing, shared 4-9th at

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1992 with 8/13, and 2nd at Niksic 1994 with 7/11.

Later years

He served as Chairman of Montenegro's Chess Association. He served as state Minister of Sport and Tourism for Montenegro. He served as a member of the Appeals' Committee for the 2007 World Chess Championship.

References

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* 1949 births Living people Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Montenegrin chess players Yugoslav chess players Chess officials Sports ministers of Montenegro Tourism ministers of Montenegro Sportspeople from Cetinje {{Yugoslav Chess Championship