Alisa Marić
| Alisa Marić Алиса Марић |
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| Minister of Youth and Sports | |
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In office 27 July 2012 – 2 September 2013 |
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| Preceded by |
Verica Kalanović (Acting) Snežana Samardžić-Marković |
| Succeeded by | Vanja Udovičić |
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International Master Woman Grandmaster |
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10 January 1970 New York City, USA |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Children | Milica and Dušan |
| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia |
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| Women's Chess | ||
Representing  Yugoslavia
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| Chess Olympiad | ||
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1988 Thessaloniki | |
Representing  Yugoslavia
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| Chess Olympiad | ||
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1998 Elista | |
| European Team Championship | ||
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1999 Batumi | |
Alisa Marić, PhD (Serbian Cyrillic: Алиса Марић, pronounced [alǐsa mǎːritɕ]; born January 10, 1970) is a Serbian chess player, who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master.
On 27 July 2012, she was elected as Minister of Youth and Sports in the Government of Serbia and held that position until 2 September 2013.
Alisa Marić was introduced to chess at the age of four, together with her 20-minutes-younger twin sister Mirjana Marić. Alisa and Mirjana are the only twins with "Woman Grandmaster" titles in the history of modern chess. Alisa is also a mother of twins, girl and boy, Milica and Dušan.
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 Championship Dobrna 1985.). As a 16-year-old girl, she was the youngest ever winner of the Yugoslav Chess Championship, which was held in Pucarevo 1986. At the age of 18, Alisa was awarded with the FIDE Women Grandmaster title (WGM). At 20, she was the third ranked female player at the World championship.
In 1990, Alisa Marić won the Candidates Tournament for the Women's World Chess Championship in Borzhomi, Georgia, USSR (together with Xie Jun). In 1991, Alisa Marić and Xie Jun played the 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 the Women's World Chess Champion by defeating Maya Chiburdanidze of USSR. In 1992, Alisa Marić shared 4-5. place at Candidates Tournament in Shanghai, China. In 1994, she tied for 4-5. place at the Candidates Tournament in Tilburg, Nederlands. In 1997, she shared 5-7.place at the Candidates Tournament in Groningen, Nederlands. Starting from the year 2000, the FIDE World Chess Championship is based on a knock-out format. In New Delhi, India 2000, Alisa Marić played the 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.
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