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Borki Predojević

Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
Born 6 April 1987
Teslić, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Title Grandmaster
Peak rating 2654 (September 2009)

Borki Predojević (born 6 April 1987 in Teslić) is a Bosnian chess Grandmaster and the youngest ever from his homeland. He is the top ranked player of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Predojević was European Champion U-12 in 1999 and U-14 in 2001. He won the World U-16 Championship in 2003 and earned the grandmaster title at age 17. Predojević earned the GM title with his performance at the 2004 Olympiad where he made his third required norm. He won the 2009 Acropolis International chess tournament in Athens. In 2011, he tied for 2nd-4th with Hrant Melkumyan and Mircea Pârligras in 41st International Bosna Tournament in Sarajevo. On 28 and 29 June 2013, he played a friendly four-game rapid match with world No. 1 player Magnus Carlsen losing by 1,5-2,5, after three draws and one loss.

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