Slavko Dedić

Slavko Dedić
Full name Slavko Dedić
Country Montenegro
Born March 25, 1979
Podgorica, Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Title Master Candidate (2002)
FIDE rating (No. 53348 on the February 2015 FIDE ratings list) [1]

Slavko Dedić is a Montenegrin chess player. He participated on dozens international tournaments, including the European Championship 2009. Dedić is a member of Chess club "Šahmatik" from Budva. During the 2014, Slavko Dedić became a national chess referee.[2]

Career

Slavko Dedić, 2007
Dedić walking in Podgorica Downtown, 2014

During his childhood, Slavko Dedić was a swimmer, awarded at 1986 Sutomore Swimming school. But, at the age od 14, Dedić started to play chess, and his first tournament was Labour Championship of Podgorica 1997.[3] At the Montenegrin individual Championship 2002 in Nikšić, Slavko Dedić won the FIDE Master Candidate title. From 2002 to 2005, Slavko Dedić was a member of Chess Club "Zeta" from Golubovci. During the 2005, Dedić made a transfer from "Zeta" to "Šahmatik" (Budva).

During his professional career, Dedić played 514 games on national and international level. He won 160 games, with 61 draws and 293 loses.[4] Dedić participated on 10th European Individual Chess Championship 2009 in Budva.[5] At the International tournament "Belgrade Trophy 2011" in Obrenovac, Slavko Dedić made his notable victory against famous French chess player Arnaud Payen.[6]

One year later, Slavko Dedić made the most significant result in his career, during the Second Montenegrin League in Andrijevica. As a member of the second-placed Chess Club "Šahmatik", he won six matches, with two draws and without a loss.[7] With seven points, he was the best player of the tournament.

During the 2014, Dedić competed on prestigious "Spring Open Tour" in Belgrade, with huge media interest.[8][9][10] And 2014 is remembered as a period in which Dedić made personal yearly record of played tournaments and matches. At the same year, Dedić became the national chess referee in Montenegro.

During his career, Slavko Dedić played 419 games against domestic players. Except players from Montenegro, Slavko Dedić played 95 matches against various opponents from 14 different European countries.

Career record

Year Tournaments Games W D L
2003 2 12 2 2 8
2004 2 13 4 2 7
2005 - - - - -
2006 2 14 3 1 10
2007 4 33 10 7 16
2008 5 41 13 10 18
2009 8 63 19 10 34
2010 6 37 10 6 21
2011 2 10 2 1 7
2012 6 52 20 5 27
2013 11 93 25 8 60
2014 13 130 47 7 86
2015 2 16 5 2 9
Overall 63 514 160 61 293

Source:[11]

Awards and accomplishments

Dedić with trophy, Cetinje, 2010.

Club

ŠK Šahmatik

Individual

Second Montenegrin League

Private life

As a notable jurist in Podgorica, Slavko Dedić worked in Podgorica Magistrate Court, but also as a main law consultant in the Gender equality office of Montenegro. During the 2013, Dedić was a candidate for inspector in the Montenegrin Special police unity. [12] But, because of busyness within his chess career, Dedić decided to leave his law duties. Before that, Dedić worked in the Primary Court in Podgorica.

One of his hobbies is a lottery, lotto especially. At february 2015, Dedić was the special guest at national Montenegrin lotto show on 777 television.

See also

Slavko Dedić career record

External links

References