- Dražen Sermek
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Dražen Sermek Full name Dražen Sermek Country 
SloveniaBorn January 30, 1969
Osijek, CroatiaTitle Grandmaster (chess) (1994) FIDE rating 2526 (May 2010) Dražen Sermek (30 January 1969) is a Slovene chess player.
Sermek won the Slovenian Chess Championship in 1993 and 1998 and was a member of Slovenia Olympic team in 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.[1]
In 2001 he came first in the Pula Open.[2] In 2002, won the New White Plus GM tournament in Dhaka[3] and tied for 1st-5th with Mladen Palac, Zdenko Kozul, Vladimir Burmakin and Ognjen Cvitan in the Casino HIT NG Open in Nova Gorica.[4] In 2008, tied for 3rd-7th with Marat Dzhumaev, Darwin Laylo, Susanto Megaranto and Ashot Nadanian in the 5th Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open Championship in Kuala Lumpur[5] and came first in the MCF GM Tournament, which was also held in Kuala Lumpur.[6]
On the May 2010 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2526.
References
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Dražen Sermek". OlimpBase. http://www.olimpbase.org/players/7fdl9hne.html. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2001-05-28). "TWIC 342: Pula Open". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic342.html#6. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ "Tournament report July 2002: New White Plus GM tnmt". World Chess Federation. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=21881. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ "Tournament report April 2002: 7 Casino HIT NG Open - Slovenia". World Chess Federation. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=21078. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ Lam Choong Wai, Edwin (2008-09-02). "5th Dato’ Arthur Tan Open – Li Chao wins again". ChessBase. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4883. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
- ^ "MCF GM Tournament - Malaysia". World Chess Federation. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=15425. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
External links
- FIDE rating card for Dražen Sermek
- Dražen Sermek player profile at ChessGames.com
- Šahovska zveza Slovenije - Chess Federation of Slovenia (Slovene)
Categories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- Slovenian chess players
- Chess grandmasters
- European chess biography stubs
- Slovenian sportspeople stubs
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