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Ante Brkic
A Brkic 
 

Number of games in database: 1,070
Years covered: 1997 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2593 (2539 rapid, 2564 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2645
Overall record: +362 -197 =488 (57.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 23 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (172) 
    B90 B32 B67 B53 B43
 Ruy Lopez (98) 
    C78 C67 C65 C80 C84
 French Defense (72) 
    C11 C18 C10 C16 C01
 Caro-Kann (46) 
    B12 B13 B18 B14 B10
 French (44) 
    C11 C10 C00 C13
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (29) 
    C84 C92 C95 C91 C96
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (130) 
    B90 B51 B22 B92 B91
 Sicilian Najdorf (57) 
    B90 B92 B91 B96 B93
 Ruy Lopez (53) 
    C78 C80 C70 C69 C77
 Queen's Gambit Declined (51) 
    D38 D31 D30 D37 D39
 Queen's Pawn Game (49) 
    D02 E10 A45 E00 A46
 Grunfeld (44) 
    D85 D80 D78 D72 D97
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   V Mladenovic vs A Brkic, 2001 0-1
   A Brkic vs P Roberts, 2011 1-0
   A Brkic vs F Meng, 2005 1-0
   A Brkic vs H Saric, 2001 1-0
   A Brkic vs B Kalezic, 2016 1-0
   M Meszaros vs A Brkic, 2001 0-1
   A Brkic vs David Nareznoy, 2015 1-0
   M Bantic vs A Brkic, 2001 0-1
   M Cokan vs A Brkic, 2002 0-1
   Y Gruenfeld vs A Brkic, 2015 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Zagreb Open-A (2009)
   Croatian Championship (2011)
   26th Zadar Open A (2019)
   Bosnjaci Open (2009)
   Schwarzacher Open (2019)
   World Cup (2021)
   Bosna Open (2016)
   Bosna Open (2010)
   Bavarian Open (2016)
   European Club Cup (2023)
   European Championship (2015)
   European Championship (2022)
   World Junior Championship (2008)
   European Championship (2018)
   Chennai Olympiad (2022)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Bundesliga 2024/25
   A Brkic vs Bluebaum (Apr-27-25) 1/2-1/2
   Kasimdzhanov vs A Brkic (Apr-26-25) 1/2-1/2
   A Brkic vs Fridman (Apr-25-25) 1/2-1/2
   Z Kozul vs A Brkic (Apr-03-25) 1/2-1/2
   A Brkic vs P Maghsoodloo (Mar-23-25) 0-1

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ANTE BRKIC
(born Mar-31-1988, 37 years old) Croatia

[what is this?]

FIDE Master (2001); Grandmaster (2007); Croatian Champion (2010 & 2011).

Tournaments

Winner of Pula Open 2008. Second place in Zagreb Open 2010, behind winner GM Mikhail Ulybin.

Championships

<National> Brkic won the championship of Croatia in 2010 and 2011.

<Continental> His 7.5/11 result at the European Championship (2015) placed him with the group of qualifiers for the World Cup 2015.

<World> Brkic was paired against Laurent Fressinet in the first round of the World Cup (2015), but lost the mini-match to exit the event.

Team Events

Played in the Olympiads 2004 (2nd reserve) and 2006 (2nd reserve), European Team Championship 2007 (board 4), and all Mitropa Cups 2002-2006.

Wikipedia article: Ante Brkić

Last updated: 2021-11-27 22:13:07

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 page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,070  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. S Megaranto vs A Brkic  1-0491997Wch U10B83 Sicilian
2. A Brkic vs E Paljusaj  0-1401999Croatian Team ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
3. D Novak vs A Brkic  0-1391999Croatian Team ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
4. A Brkic vs B Sikanjic  0-1501999Croatian Team ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
5. M Mesaric vs A Brkic  0-1361999Croatian Team ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
6. A Brkic vs R Khusnutdinov  0-1541999Wch U12A48 King's Indian
7. S Sale vs A Brkic  0-1422000Bizovac Metalis opB08 Pirc, Classical
8. A Brkic vs M Ragger  1-0362000Wch U12E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
9. A Brkic vs A Fier ½-½602000Wch U12E87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
10. A Brkic vs I Cheparinov  0-1462001VukovarE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
11. A Brkic vs D Novakovic  ½-½122001VukovarD02 Queen's Pawn Game
12. Z Jovanovic vs A Brkic  ½-½172001VukovarA45 Queen's Pawn Game
13. A Brkic vs M Lukic  ½-½292001VukovarD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. V Dimitrov vs A Brkic  1-0482001VukovarA15 English
15. A Brkic vs R Milu  0-1312001VukovarD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
16. B Macanga vs A Brkic  ½-½162001VukovarA15 English
17. A Brkic vs R Szuhanek  ½-½152001VukovarA07 King's Indian Attack
18. E Goric vs A Brkic  1-0262001VukovarA16 English
19. A Brkic vs A Jurkovic  1-0402001Pula OpenE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
20. A Brkic vs V Bukal Sr  ½-½512001Pula OpenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
21. B Kutuzovic vs A Brkic  1-0342001Pula OpenC05 French, Tarrasch
22. J Rukavina vs A Brkic  1-0302001Pula OpenE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
23. A Brkic vs H Saric 1-0322001Pula OpenE81 King's Indian, Samisch
24. P Ascic vs A Brkic  1-0702001Pula OpenC02 French, Advance
25. A Brkic vs V Zivkovic  1-0342001SlavonijaA53 Old Indian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-05-06  EmperorAtahualpa: IM Ante Brkic is Croatia's hope for the future. He is currently 18 years old and has a FIDE rating of 2526.
Jun-24-08  BIDMONFA: Ante Brkic

BRKIC, Ante
http://www.bidmonfa.com/brkic_ante....
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Jun-24-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Should start playing poker, Ante Up!!
Oct-20-08  Cactus: Maybe he'd make enough money to buy a vowel.
Dec-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: GM Ante Brkic, Croatia, born 31 March 1988. Now rated 2560, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...

GM in 2007. Rated 2577 in Oct. 2007

Played in the olympiads 2004 (2nd reserve) and 2006 (2nd reserve), European Team Ch 2007 (board 4), and all Mitropa Cups 2002-2006.

Winner of Pula Open 2008:
http://chess-results.com/tnr13208.a...

Biography:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ante_B... (in German)

Pictures:
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/... http://www.scacchierando.net/public...

Mar-04-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Second place today in Zagreb Open 2010, behind winner GM Mikhail Ulibin:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr305...

Feb-24-11  Calar: Recently he won Croatian championship of 2011.

CRO-ch 11th (2011)

Sep-16-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Does he always revert to <status quo ante>, or is he always anteing up for the table?
Sep-16-15  TheFocus: "Built like a Brkic house!"
Mar-31-16  TheFocus: How do you stop Brkic?

With an Anti-Brkic.

Jun-24-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: If Euwe had lived a couple more decades and played him, we'd now have a great "Brexit vs EU" pun.
Jul-20-21  qkxwsm: Doing quite well at the World Cup right now

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