Mladen Palac
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Mladen Palac is a Croatia
n chess
Grandmaster (1993) and FIDE Trainer (2005).
He won the Croatian Chess Championship
in 2001 and 2004. In 1998 he won the Biel chess tournament
. In 2002, tied for 1st-5th with Dražen Sermek
, Zdenko Kozul
, Vladimir Burmakin
and Ognjen Cvitan
in the Casino HIT NG Open in Nova Gorica
. He took 3rd place in the European Blitz Championship of 2006.
On the March 2011 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2586.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
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Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Grandmaster (1993) and FIDE Trainer (2005).
He won the Croatian Chess Championship
Croatian Chess Championship
The Croatian Chess Championship is the annual individual national chess championship of Croatia.-Winners :-References:* *...
in 2001 and 2004. In 1998 he won the Biel chess tournament
Biel chess tournament
The first international Biel Chess Festival was held in 1968. A Grandmaster Tournament has taken place since 1977....
. In 2002, tied for 1st-5th with Dražen Sermek
Dražen Sermek
Dražen Sermek is a Slovene chess player.Sermek won the Slovenian Chess Championship in 1993 and 1998 and was a member of Slovenia Olympic team in 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006.In 2001 he came first in the Pula Open...
, Zdenko Kozul
Zdenko Kožul
Zdenko Kožul is a Croatian chess grandmaster and was the 2006 European champion.-Chess career:Kožul was born in the north-western Bosnian town of Bihać, . He was awarded the grandmaster title by FIDE in 1989. In 1989 and 1990, Kozul won consecutive Yugoslavian championships...
, Vladimir Burmakin
Vladimir Burmakin
Vladimir Burmakin is a Russian chess Grandmaster.In 1994 he came 3rd-5th in the Russian championship at Elista, with Sergei Rublevsky and Vasily Yemelin ....
and Ognjen Cvitan
Ognjen Cvitan
Ognjen Cvitan is a Croatian chess grandmaster. Cvitan earned the International Master title by winning the 1981 World Junior Championship. His grandmaster title was awarded in 1987....
in the Casino HIT NG Open in Nova Gorica
Nova Gorica
Nova Gorica ; 21,082 ; 31,000 ) is a town and a municipality in western Slovenia, on the border with Italy...
. He took 3rd place in the European Blitz Championship of 2006.
On the March 2011 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2586.