Dragan Šolak (; born 30 March 1980) is a Turkish-

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grandmaster.

Career

Šolak learnt chess from a very young age and started participating in tournaments before he turned four years of age. In 2002 he tied for 1st–3rd with

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and

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in the Hilton Open in

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and tied for 3rd–4th with

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in the Casino Open in

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. In 2011 he tied for 3rd–7th with Sergey Volkov,

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, Konstantine Shanava and Fernando Peralta in the 1st Isthmia International Tournament. He played for the Yugoslav (later Serbian) national team in the

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s of

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and in the

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s of 1999, 2005, 2009 and 2011. In December 2011 he transferred to the Turkish Chess Federation. Šolak represented Turkey at the Chess Olympiads of

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and at the European Team Championship of 2013. He won the

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in 2012 and 2013. Šolak finished equal second (fourth on tiebreak) at the 2014

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, scoring 8/11, and qualifying for the 2015

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. In 2015, he won the Dubai Open, edging out other five grandmasters on tiebreak, after all finished on 7/9 points. At the

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he was eliminated in the first round by

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. His handle on the

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is "RuznaMamuna".

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* 1980 births Living people Serbian chess players Turkish chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors Sportspeople from Vrbas {{Serbia-chess-bio-stub