Milan Zajić

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Milan Zajić
CountrySerbia
Born (1999-01-11) January 11, 1999 (age 25)
Kruševac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Title Grandmaster (2016) [1]
Peak rating 2513 (January 2017)

Milan Zajić is a Serbian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

He began playing chess at the age of 6 after his grandfather taught him and his brother the rules of the game. [2]

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In December 2013, he won the silver medal in the U14 World Youth Chess Championship. [3]

In February 2015, he won the Georgi Tringov Memorial Open Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. [2]

In May 2015, he became the youngest Serbian grandmaster after winning the Selimir Manojlović Memorial. [4]

In 2017, he won the 3rd World Interuniversities championship in Barcelona. [5]

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References

  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 "Interview with IM Milan Zajic: "Success is when you do what makes you happy"". February 16, 2015.
  3. Silver, Albert (December 31, 2013). "World Youth Championship: The champions".
  4. Beta (15 May 2015). "Zajić najmlađi srpski velemajstor". B92 (in Serbian).
  5. https://bigmio.com/zajic-champ