GM Ante Brkic Full name Ante Brkic Born 1988 (age 37) Place of birth Federation Croatia Profiles #206 World Ranking 2586 Classical 2539 Rapid 2564 Blitz Rating Bio Ante Brkic is a Croatian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. Most Played Openings White Pieces French Defense: Classical, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation (39 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (28 games) Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (27 games) Caro-Kann Defense: Advance, Short Variation with 4.Nf3 (19 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (18 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (32 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (32 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (22 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (18 games) Grünfeld Defense: Exchange, Modern Exchange Variation (15 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Ante Brkic (2586) Tim Janzelj (2404) 1-0 31 2025 Ante Brkic (2606) Jergus Pechac (2603) 0-1 40 2025 Ante Brkic (2590) Parham Maghsoodloo (2677) 0-1 36 2025 Ante Brkic (2606) Bartosz Socko (2565) ½-½ 67 2025 Ante Brkic (2586) Peter Michalik (2563) ½-½ 39 2025 Ante Brkic (2586) Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2748) ½-½ 30 2025 Ante Brkic (2586) Daniel Fridman (2582) ½-½ 40 2025 Ante Brkic (2586) Matthias Bluebaum (2662) ½-½ 22 2025 Paulius Pultinevicius (2566) Ante Brkic (2606) 1-0 24 2025 Luke J McShane (2611) Ante Brkic (2606) 1-0 82 2025 Show All Games