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Ivan Morovic Fernandez
I Morovic Fernandez 
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Number of games in database: 988
Years covered: 1976 to 2022
Last FIDE rating: 2495 (2578 rapid, 2498 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2613
Overall record: +292 -175 =494 (56.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 27 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (107) 
    B33 B92 B42 B23 B47
 Ruy Lopez (48) 
    C92 C78 C67 C97 C65
 French Defense (31) 
    C10 C07 C05 C11 C19
 King's Indian (30) 
    E80 E66 E63 E97 E92
 Nimzo Indian (23) 
    E32 E21 E46 E42 E53
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (22) 
    C92 C97 C95 C96 C91
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (93) 
    B45 B44 B40 B46 B33
 Ruy Lopez (44) 
    C92 C78 C96 C69 C93
 Semi-Slav (38) 
    D43 D45 D47 D44 D48
 King's Indian (33) 
    E67 E90 E81 E60 E62
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (29) 
    C92 C96 C85 C93 C95
 English (26) 
    A15 A11 A14 A13 A10
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Morovic Fernandez vs M Lodhi, 2010 1-0
   I Morovic Fernandez vs A Beliavsky, 1985 1-0
   I Morovic Fernandez vs A Rodriguez, 1996 1-0
   I Morovic Fernandez vs Korchnoi, 1990 1/2-1/2
   I Morovic Fernandez vs L Christiansen, 1993 1-0
   I Morovic Fernandez vs J Murey, 1984 1-0
   I Morovic Fernandez vs Short, 1980 1/2-1/2
   I Sokolov vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1994 0-1
   H van Riemsdijk vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1981 1/2-1/2
   I Morovic Fernandez vs Alburt, 1980 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2004)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Panamerican Junior Championship (1979)
   Ramat Hasharon (1980)
   Corrientes Zonal (1985)
   North Bay Open (1996)
   Rio de Janeiro (1985)
   World Junior Championship (1980)
   Dubai Olympiad (1986)
   Buenos Aires (1990)
   Capablanca Memorial-A (1996)
   Moron Zonal (1982)
   Thessaloniki Olympiad (1984)
   World Junior Championship (1982)
   American Continental (2003)
   Lucerne Olympiad (1982)
   American Continental (2018)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Capablanca Memorial (Elite) 2003 by Tabanus
   Yopal 1997 by Phony Benoni
   1996 Capablanca memorial (group A) by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Chennai Olympiad
   I Morovic Fernandez vs T Kuybokarov (Aug-09-22) 1/2-1/2
   M Khusenkhojaev vs I Morovic Fernandez (Aug-08-22) 1/2-1/2
   I Morovic Fernandez vs T Nguyen (Aug-07-22) 0-1
   M Parligras vs I Morovic Fernandez (Aug-06-22) 1-0
   I Morovic Fernandez vs N Miezis (Aug-05-22) 1-0

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IVAN MOROVIC FERNANDEZ
(born Mar-24-1963, 62 years old) Chile

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Ivan Morovic Fernandez was born in Vina del Mar, Chile. Awarded the IM title in 1980 and the GM title in 1986. He was Chilean Champion in 1981. Champion of South America (jointly) with Miguel A Quinteros at Corrientes, zt1985. In tournaments he was 2nd= at Vrsac 1985, 1st= at Las Palmas 1987 and =1st at the Najdorf Memorial tournament in 1997. He lost a match to Viktor Korchnoi (+0, =4, -2) in 1988. Morovic played at 13 Olympiads, 12 times for Chile and one time for Croatia (2000). He is also a FIDE Senior Trainer (2016).

Wikipedia article: Iván Morovic

Last updated: 2017-11-29 14:14:52

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 page 1 of 40; games 1-25 of 988  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Petursson vs I Morovic Fernandez  1-0661976World Championship (U17)E17 Queen's Indian
2. I Morovic Fernandez vs A Selegny  1-0321976World Championship (U17)B01 Scandinavian
3. G Franzoni vs I Morovic Fernandez  1-0581976World Championship (U17)A07 King's Indian Attack
4. A Sendur vs I Morovic Fernandez  ½-½361976World Championship (U17)B44 Sicilian
5. I Morovic Fernandez vs F Wunderlich  1-0351976World Championship (U17)C41 Philidor Defense
6. I Morovic Fernandez vs A Groszpeter  0-1401976World Championship (U17)B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
7. I Morovic Fernandez vs J J Waters  1-0191976World Championship (U17)C07 French, Tarrasch
8. I Morovic Fernandez vs D Dunne  ½-½401976World Championship (U17)C05 French, Tarrasch
9. J Lejeune vs I Morovic Fernandez  1-0421976World Championship (U17)A07 King's Indian Attack
10. Kasparov vs I Morovic Fernandez ½-½311977Wch U17A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3
11. I Morovic Fernandez vs G Franzoni  ½-½381978World Junior ChampionshipB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
12. A Duer vs I Morovic Fernandez  0-1411978World Junior ChampionshipB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
13. I Morovic Fernandez vs G Morrison  ½-½221978World Junior ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
14. E Swoboda vs I Morovic Fernandez  ½-½231978World Junior ChampionshipE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
15. K Mokry vs I Morovic Fernandez  1-0511978World Junior ChampionshipB83 Sicilian
16. I Morovic Fernandez vs P Botto  1-0391978World Junior ChampionshipC03 French, Tarrasch
17. T Karolyi vs I Morovic Fernandez  ½-½181978World Junior ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
18. M Santo-Roman vs I Morovic Fernandez  1-0401978World Junior ChampionshipB44 Sicilian
19. I Morovic Fernandez vs R A Dowden  1-0491978World Junior ChampionshipC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
20. I Morovic Fernandez vs F X Mateu  ½-½471978World Junior ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
21. Seirawan vs I Morovic Fernandez  ½-½251978World Junior ChampionshipA16 English
22. I Morovic Fernandez vs Plaskett  ½-½471978World Junior ChampionshipB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
23. I Morovic Fernandez vs M Pasman  ½-½491978World Junior ChampionshipB08 Pirc, Classical
24. D H C Aturupane vs I Morovic Fernandez  0-1371978Buenos Aires OlympiadB86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
25. H Pfleger vs I Morovic Fernandez  1-0521978Buenos Aires OlympiadD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-29-04  ConLaMismaMano: His full name is Ivan Morovic Fernandez, best player in Chile's history, in 96' i think he was like about 2644 of Elo or something like that. He played in the most important tournaments of the World, i would like to know what was his highest rating was and in which tournaments did he participate?
Aug-22-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  OlimpBase: This Morovic guy had Croatian background (how come he was born Chilean?) an actually left for Croatia to have represented them at the 2000 Olympiads. I had been much surprised to learn he came back to Chilean squad in 2002. Any clues on that mystery?
Aug-22-04  Lawrence: <OlimpBase>, in your user profile you ask for corrections to your web-site. "It's been no more than 10 weeks"--omit the word "been."
Nov-08-04  tabatustra: many croatians came to Chile, actually one of the wealthier guys in Chile: Andronico Luksic has croatian background. Maybe he got double nationality. what mistery? athletes do it all the time
Jun-13-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: My favourite game of Morovic is I Morovic vs Beliavsky, 1985
Mar-24-06  BIDMONFA: Ivan Morovic-Fernandez

MOROVIC FERNANDEZ, Ivan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/morovic_iva...
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Dec-23-07  ALEXIN: He is now President of FENACH (the more active chess federation in Chile). He is struggling in order to be recognized by the FIDE as the official chess federation. Chilean chess players have a lot of problems with the actual official federation (FEDACHI).
Oct-31-08  Caissanist: Apparently these problems stil haven't been sorted out, since FIDE's listing all Chileans as unrated.
Jan-29-09  ALEXIN: It is now ok!
Sep-27-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: http://www.ivanmorovic.com/
Mar-24-10  Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday!!! Ivan Morovic-Fernandez
May-29-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Today he ended 2nd in Copa Roggia (Asuncion Paraguay) 20-29 May 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr340...

Aug-16-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: 2nd in the Magistral del Bicentenario - Villa Martelli (Argentina) 4-12 August 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr367...

Oct-02-10  surdico: Muy buena participación en las olimpiadas en Khanty Mansiysk. EN la lista de mejores rendimientos por rating está justo encima de Carlsen. Felicitaciones
Oct-02-10  Prugno: Another example of a Chilean with Croatian ancestors that comes to mind is the writer Antonio Skarmeta.
Sep-17-11  Xeroxx: Hello my name is Ivan Morovic-Fernandez and I am the player of the day.
Sep-17-11  whiteshark: <Xeroxx> ¡Feliz cumpleaños!
Aug-20-23  Hercdon: Happy player of the day, Xeroxx , unfortunately you lost today
Mar-24-25  Gottschalk: Not in this weak database

https://www.365chess.com/tournament...

Mar-24-25  Gottschalk: Chessgames.com is a mangled database and proud of it.

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Mar-24-25  Gottschalk: [Event "Arica m"]
[Site "Arica"]
[Date "2015.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.01.11"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bb1 Rc8 13. b3 e6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Bg5 Qb8 18. Rcd1 Bg7 19. Nde2 Bf8 20. Ng3 Re8 21. Qf4 Be7 22. Qh4 Bd8 23. a4 Rc5 24. f4 h5 25. Rf1 Qc7 26. Kh1 Rxg5 27. fxg5 Nh7 28. e5 Nxe5 29. Nge4 Be7 30. Qf4 Bf8 31. Rd2 Rd8 32. Rfd1 Rd7 33. Bd3 Bc6 34. Bf1 Be7 35. b4 Qd8 36. c5 bxc5 37. bxc5 Bxe4 38. Nxe4 Bxg5 39. Nxg5 Qxg5 40. Qxg5 Nxg5 41. Re1 f6 42. cxd6 a5 43. Bb5 Rd8 44. d7 Ngf7 45. Rc1 Kf8 46. Rc7 Ke7 47. Ra7 Nd6 48. Rd1 Nxb5 49. axb5 Nc4 50. Rc1 Nb6 51. Rc6 Nxd7 52. b6 1-0

Mar-24-25  Gottschalk: [Event "Arica m"]
[Site "Arica"]
[Date "2015.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.01.11"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Bd7 20. Qf3 Be6 21. Ne3 Rb8 22. Nd5 Qd7 23. Red1 Rec8 24. Rd3 Qd8 25. Rad1 a5 26. a3 Kh8 27. R1d2 Qh4 28. Re3 g6 29. Re1 h5 30. Qd1 Rb7 31. Ba2 Rcb8 32. Rd3 Bh6 33. Bb3 Bf8 34. Ba2 Bh6 35. Bb3 Bf8 36. Qd2 Kh7 37. Ba2 Bh6 38. Qe2 Kg7 39. b4 Ra7 40. bxa5 Rxa5 41. Nb4 Bxa2 42. Qxa2 Rb6 43. c4 bxc4 44. Qxc4 Rc5 45. Qb3 Qd8 46. Rd5 h4 47. Qd3 Qb8 48. Rd1 Bg5 49. Kf1 Rxd5 50. Qxd5 Qc7 51. Qd3 1/2-1/2

Mar-24-25  Gottschalk: [Event "Arica m rapid"]
[Site "Arica"]
[Date "2015.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.01.14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Nxe7+ Kf8 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bg7 15. Nh3 Nc5 16. Nhf4 b6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rfd1 Na4 20. Rb4 Nc3 21. Nxc3 Bxc3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rb3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. g3 g5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Re8 28. Bd3 Re1+ 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 g4 31. fxg4 hxg4 32. d6 Rg1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1 34. h5 Rd2+ 35. Kh1 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

Mar-24-25  Gottschalk: [Event "Arica m rapid"]
[Site "Arica"]
[Date "2015.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.01.14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Bd7 24. Qf3 Be6 25. Bb3 Bg5 26. g3 Rc8 27. h4 Bh6 28. Red1 Qd7 29. Rd3 Rc6 30. Nh2 Rf8 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qh5 Rc4 33. Rad1 Qa7 34. Ng4 d5 35. exd5 exd5 36. Qxe5 Rxg4 37. Qe6+ Qf7 38. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qxa2 40. Qe6+ Kh8 41. Rf3 Rg8 42. Qxd5 1-0

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