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Leonid Ivanovic

Leonid Ivanovic
Full name
Leonid Ivanovic
Born
2015 (age 9)‎
Place of birth
Federation
Serbia
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Leonid Ivanovic is a Serbian chess player who in 2024 became the youngest player in history to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess. He beat GM Milko Popchev on January 11, 2024 when still just eight years old. Popchev was 59 at the time of the game.

Ivanovic's FIDE rating entering January 2024 was 1865.

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