Ivan Šarić (chess player)

Ivan Šarić
Šarić in 2023
CountryCroatia
Born (1990-08-17) 17 August 1990
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
TitleGrandmaster (2008)
FIDE rating2661 (June 2025)
Peak rating2703 (March 2019)
RankingNo. 63 (June 2025)
Peak rankingNo. 37 (June 2024)

Ivan Šarić (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐʋan ʃǎːritɕ]; born 17 August 1990) is a Croatian chess grandmaster. He earned his IM title in 2007, and his GM title in 2008. He won the Under-18 European Youth Chess Championship in 2007, and the Under-18 World Youth Chess Championship in 2008. In 2018 he won the European Individual Chess Championship in Batumi with a score of 8.5/11 points. He has also won the Croatian Chess Championship in 2009 and 2013, and holds a notable victory over Magnus Carlsen, achieved at the 2014 Chess Olympiad.