Iván Morovic
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| Iván Morovic | |
|---|---|
 Iván Morović in 1980 at Dortmund | |
| Country | Croatia (until 2001) Chile (since 2001) |
| Born | March 24, 1963 Viña del Mar, Chile |
| Title | Grandmaster (1986) |
| FIDE rating | 2495 (April 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2613 (January 1999) |
Iván Eduardo Morovic Fernández (born 24 March 1963) is a
Born in Viña del Mar, he began to play chess at age 9. In 1979 he won the Pan American Junior Chess Championship.[1] In 1980, Morovic took third place in the World Junior Chess Championship in Dortmund, behind Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short. The following year he won the Chilean Chess Championship. At 22 he became the first Chilean to be awarded by FIDE the title of International Grandmaster (GM). His best tournament participation was in 1993, when he won in Las Palmas, ahead of Viswanathan Anand, with whom he drew.[2]
Morovic's best Elo rating is 2613, achieved in 1999.
He took part in thirteen
References
- ^ Mercedes 1979 - 5° Campeonato Panamericano Juvenil. BrasilBase.
- ^ Las Palmas (1993). ChessGames.com.
- ^ Men's Chess Olympiads: Ivan Morović. OlimpBase.
External links
- Iván Morovic Fernández rating card at FIDE
- Ivan Morovic Fernandez chess games at 365Chess.com
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