Božidar Ivanović
chess player
Božidar Ivanović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Божидар Ивановић; born 24 August 1946) is a Montenegrin chess grandmaster, politician, and chess official. He has served as Minister of Sport and Tourism in Montenegro. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship twice, in 1973 and 1981. He also won the championship of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1996. His FIDE rating is 2444 as of January 2008.
Biography
Ivanović was born in Cetinje, Montenegro, then Yugoslavia. He earned his International Master title in 1976, and was promoted to Grandmaster in 1977.
He represented Yugoslavia once at the World U26 Olympiad, four times at chess Olympiads, once at the European Team Championship, and once at the World Team Championship. He then represented Montenegro at the 2007 European Team Championship. His full international team results follow.
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