Alisa Maric
Encyclopedia
Alisa Marić is a Serbian chess
player, who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is living in Belgrade
, capital of Serbia
(former Yugoslavia
). She has dual citizenship, Serbian and American. Her best Elo rating
was 2489 points.
. Alisa and Mirjana are the only twins with "Woman Grandmaster" titles in the history of modern chess.
Dobrna 1985.). As a 16 year old girl, she was youngest ever winner of Yugoslav Chess Championship
, which was held in Pucarevo 1986. At the age of 18, Alisa was awarded with FIDE Women Grandmaster title (WGM). At 20, she was third ranked female player in the world and a FIDE International Master.
for the Women's World Chess Championship
in Borzhomi, Georgia, USSR (together with Xie Jun). In 1991, Alisa Marić and Xie Jun
played Final challenger match in two parts, first in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, second in Beijing
, China. Chinese Xie Jun won 4,5:2,5 and later that year became Women's World Chess Champion by defeating Maya Chiburdanidze of USSR.
In 1992, Alisa Marić shared 4-5. place at Candidates Tournament in Shangai, China. In 1994, she tied for 4-5. place at Candidates Tournament in Tilburg
, Nederlands. In 1997, she shared 5-7.place at Candidates Tournament in Groningen, Nederlands. Starting from year 2000, FIDE World Chess Championship
is based on knock-out format. In New Delhi
, India 2000, Alisa Marić played semifinal match against Chinese Qin Kanying
. In Moscow, Russia 2001, she played 3rd round against Chinese Zhu Chen
, who then became Women's World chess champion. These results were achieved in six consecutive World championship cycles.
in Thessalonica 1988 and individual bronze medal at Chess Olympiad in Elista
1998 . She won silver medal at European Team Championship
in Batumi
1999. In Shangai 2001, Alisa Marić played for six members "Rest of the World team" in exhibition match against China. In Belgrade 2007, she was awarded with prestigious "St.Sava prize" for 20 years jubilee as a member of national team. She played at first board on ten Chess Olympiads (Dubai 1986
, Thessalonica 1988
, Novi Sad 1990
, Moscow 1994
, Yerevan 1996
, Elista 1998
, Istanbul 2000
, Calvià 2004
, Torino 2006
and Dresden 2008
) and five European Team Championships (Batumi 1999, Leon 2001, Plovdiv 2003, Gothenburg 2005 and Novi Sad 2009). Three times Alisa Marić won European Club Cup with "Agrouniverzal" club from Belgrade.
in Belgrade. She is co-author of students book Principles of Marketing. She is also a member of Presidential Board of Serbian Olympic Committee. Many times, she was anchor of TV chess shows such as Alisa in the Wonderland of Chess.
from India. Game was played in Lugano
, Switzerland at "Lugano Open" tournament 1988.
Anand (rating 2520) - Marić (rating 2345) (Sicilian Defence
, ECO code
B46),
Lugano open, Lugano 1988.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 d5 9.O-O Nf6 10.e5 Nd7 11.b3 Nc5 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6 Bf8 15.Qh3 a5 16.Be3 Ba6 17.Rfd1 Be7 18.Qh6 Bf8 19.Qh4 Be7 20.Qf2 Nd7 21.Qe2 Qc8 22.Na4 c5 23.Bd2 Bxd3 24.cxd3 O-O 25.Rac1 Qa6 26.Be3 Rac8 27.Rd2 Qb5 28.Rdc2 Rc6 29.Bf2 Rfc8 30.Qe3 c4 31.Nc3 Qa6 32.bxc4 dxc4 33.d4 Nb6 34.Qf3 R6c7 35.Qh3 Rd7 36.Bh4 Bxh4 37.Qxh4 Rxd4 38.Re2 Nd5 39.Ne4 c3 40.Ree1 Qd3 41.Rxc3 Rxc3 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Nf6 Nxf6 44.exf6+ Kh6 45.Qf8+ Kh5 46.Qxf7 Rxf4 47.Re5+ Rf5 48.Qxh7+ Kg5 49.h4+ Kxf6 0–1
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...
player, who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is living in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, capital of Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
(former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
). She has dual citizenship, Serbian and American. Her best Elo rating
Elo rating system
The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-born American physics professor....
was 2489 points.
Chess twins
Alisa Marić was introduced to chess at the age of four, together with her 20 minutes younger twin sister Mirjana MarićMirjana Maric
Mirjana Marić is a Serbian chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster , living in Belgrade, capital of Serbia . She has dual Serbian and US citizenship.Mirjana Marić was introduced to chess at the age of four, together with her 20-minutes-older twin sister Alisa Marić...
. Alisa and Mirjana are the only twins with "Woman Grandmaster" titles in the history of modern chess.
Early successes
At the age of 12, Alisa became national chess master and senior champion of Belgrade. At 15, she was FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) and World Junior Vice Champion Under 20 (World Junior Chess ChampionshipWorld Junior Chess Championship
The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament organized by the World Chess Federation ....
Dobrna 1985.). As a 16 year old girl, she was youngest ever winner of Yugoslav Chess Championship
Yugoslav Chess Championship
The Yugoslav Chess Championship is a tournament with great tradition, held to determine the national champion. It was a very strong event especially in the period 1945–1991, when it represented players from six federal republics, today independent countries....
, which was held in Pucarevo 1986. At the age of 18, Alisa was awarded with FIDE Women Grandmaster title (WGM). At 20, she was third ranked female player in the world and a FIDE International Master.
World championship
In 1990, Alisa Marić won the Candidates TournamentCandidates Tournament
The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE since 1950, as the final contest to determine the challenger for the World Chess Championship...
for the Women's World Chess Championship
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE....
in Borzhomi, Georgia, USSR (together with Xie Jun). In 1991, Alisa Marić and Xie Jun
Xie Jun
Xie Jun is a chess grandmaster from China. She had two reigns as Women's World Chess Champion, from 1991 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2001. Xie is only the second woman to have two reigns, the other being Elisabeth Bykova....
played Final challenger match in two parts, first in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, second in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, China. Chinese Xie Jun won 4,5:2,5 and later that year became Women's World Chess Champion by defeating Maya Chiburdanidze of USSR.
In 1992, Alisa Marić shared 4-5. place at Candidates Tournament in Shangai, China. In 1994, she tied for 4-5. place at Candidates Tournament in Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
, Nederlands. In 1997, she shared 5-7.place at Candidates Tournament in Groningen, Nederlands. Starting from year 2000, FIDE World Chess Championship
World Chess Championship
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. Men and women of any age are eligible to contest this title....
is based on knock-out format. In New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, India 2000, Alisa Marić played semifinal match against Chinese Qin Kanying
Qin Kanying
Qin Kanying is a Chinese chess player. She is a FIDE Woman Grandmaster. She is married to GM Peng Xiaomin, who is also her trainer. She won the Chinese Chess Championship five times: in 1988, 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2004.-External links:...
. In Moscow, Russia 2001, she played 3rd round against Chinese Zhu Chen
Zhu Chen
Zhu Chen is a chess Grandmaster. In 2001, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster.She today plays for Qatar.-Biography:...
, who then became Women's World chess champion. These results were achieved in six consecutive World championship cycles.
Medals
Alisa Marić is a sport hero of Serbia and former Yugoslavia. Starting from 1986, she holds the leading player role in national chess selection. She won bronze team's medal at Chess OlympiadChess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
in Thessalonica 1988 and individual bronze medal at Chess Olympiad in Elista
Elista
-Twin towns/sister cities:Elista is twinned with the following sister cities. Howell, New Jersey, United States Lhasa, Tibet, China. Ulan-Ude, Buryat Republic, Russia-See also:*Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery*Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume-External links:...
1998 . She won silver medal at European Team Championship
European Team Championship
The European Team Championship is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9...
in Batumi
Batumi
Batumi is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. Sometimes considered Georgia's second capital, with a population of 121,806 , Batumi serves as an important port and a commercial center. It is situated in a subtropical zone, rich in...
1999. In Shangai 2001, Alisa Marić played for six members "Rest of the World team" in exhibition match against China. In Belgrade 2007, she was awarded with prestigious "St.Sava prize" for 20 years jubilee as a member of national team. She played at first board on ten Chess Olympiads (Dubai 1986
27th Chess Olympiad
The 27th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 14 and December 2, 1986, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.-References:...
, Thessalonica 1988
28th Chess Olympiad
The 28th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 12 and November 30, 1988, in Thessaloniki, Greece.-References:...
, Novi Sad 1990
29th Chess Olympiad
The 29th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 16 and December 4, 1990, in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.-References:...
, Moscow 1994
31st Chess Olympiad
The 31st Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between November 30 and December 17, 1994, in Moscow, Russia.- Chess competition :...
, Yerevan 1996
32nd Chess Olympiad
The 32nd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia.- Chess competition :...
, Elista 1998
33rd Chess Olympiad
The 33rd Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between September 26 and October 13, 1998, in Elista, Kalmykia, . In the open tournament there were 110 teams, and in the women's, 72 teams.-Chess City:The...
, Istanbul 2000
34th Chess Olympiad
The 34th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, took place between October 28 and November 12, 2000, in Istanbul, Turkey.- Chess competition :...
, Calvià 2004
36th Chess Olympiad
The 36th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 14 and October 31, 2004, in Calvià on the Spanish island of Majorca.-Chess...
, Torino 2006
37th Chess Olympiad
The 37th Chess Olympiad, comprising an open and women's tournament and the general assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , took place between 20 May and 6 June 2006, in Turin, Italy.-Open tournament:...
and Dresden 2008
38th Chess Olympiad
The 38th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between 12–25 November 2008, in Dresden, Germany and was won by Armenia.The 2010 Olympiad is...
) and five European Team Championships (Batumi 1999, Leon 2001, Plovdiv 2003, Gothenburg 2005 and Novi Sad 2009). Three times Alisa Marić won European Club Cup with "Agrouniverzal" club from Belgrade.
Other activities
Alisa Marić has Ph.D in Economics and she's working as Marketing professor on Faculty of culture and media at Megatrend UniversityMegatrend University
The Megatrend University is a private university located in Belgrade, Serbia. It was founded in 1989 and is organized into 19 institutions....
in Belgrade. She is co-author of students book Principles of Marketing. She is also a member of Presidential Board of Serbian Olympic Committee. Many times, she was anchor of TV chess shows such as Alisa in the Wonderland of Chess.
Selected game
This is Alisa Marić's win against future World Chess Champion Viswanathan AnandViswanathan Anand
V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
from India. Game was played in Lugano
Lugano
Lugano is a city of inhabitants in the city proper and a total of over 145,000 people in the agglomeration/city region, in the south of Switzerland, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy...
, Switzerland at "Lugano Open" tournament 1988.
Anand (rating 2520) - Marić (rating 2345) (Sicilian Defence
Sicilian Defence
The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves:The Sicilian is the most popular and best-scoring response to White's first move 1.e4...
, ECO code
Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings is a classification system for the opening moves in a game of chess. It is presented as a five volume book collection describing chess openings...
B46),
Lugano open, Lugano 1988.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 d5 9.O-O Nf6 10.e5 Nd7 11.b3 Nc5 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qh6 Bf8 15.Qh3 a5 16.Be3 Ba6 17.Rfd1 Be7 18.Qh6 Bf8 19.Qh4 Be7 20.Qf2 Nd7 21.Qe2 Qc8 22.Na4 c5 23.Bd2 Bxd3 24.cxd3 O-O 25.Rac1 Qa6 26.Be3 Rac8 27.Rd2 Qb5 28.Rdc2 Rc6 29.Bf2 Rfc8 30.Qe3 c4 31.Nc3 Qa6 32.bxc4 dxc4 33.d4 Nb6 34.Qf3 R6c7 35.Qh3 Rd7 36.Bh4 Bxh4 37.Qxh4 Rxd4 38.Re2 Nd5 39.Ne4 c3 40.Ree1 Qd3 41.Rxc3 Rxc3 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Nf6 Nxf6 44.exf6+ Kh6 45.Qf8+ Kh5 46.Qxf7 Rxf4 47.Re5+ Rf5 48.Qxh7+ Kg5 49.h4+ Kxf6 0–1