Ivan Šarić (chess player)
Ivan Šarić | |
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Šarić in 2023 | |
| Country | Croatia |
| Born | 17 August 1990 Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2008) |
| FIDE rating | 2661 (June 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2703 (March 2019) |
| Ranking | No. 63 (June 2025) |
| Peak ranking | No. 37 (June 2024) |
Ivan Šarić (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐʋan ʃǎːritɕ]; born 17 August 1990) is a Croatian chess grandmaster. He earned his IM title in 2007, and his GM title in 2008. He won the Under-18 European Youth Chess Championship in 2007, and the Under-18 World Youth Chess Championship in 2008. In 2018 he won the European Individual Chess Championship in Batumi with a score of 8.5/11 points. He has also won the Croatian Chess Championship in 2009 and 2013, and holds a notable victory over Magnus Carlsen, achieved at the 2014 Chess Olympiad.