ZAGREB, Nov 25 (Hina) - Chilean chess champion of Croatian origin Ivan Morovic on Thursday confirmed his final decision to represent Croatia at all international chess competitions in the near future. In a letter from Santiago de
Chile, Morovic authorised the Croatian Chess Federation to contact the FIDA International Chess Federation and seek his transfer from the Chilean to the Croatian rating list.
ZAGREB, Nov 25 (Hina) - Chilean chess champion of Croatian origin
Ivan Morovic on Thursday confirmed his final decision to represent
Croatia at all international chess competitions in the near
future.
In a letter from Santiago de Chile, Morovic authorised the Croatian
Chess Federation to contact the FIDA International Chess
Federation and seek his transfer from the Chilean to the Croatian
rating list.#L#
Morovic, who has a Croatian passport, is expected to appear on
Croatia's rating list early next year and significantly strengthen
the Croatian representation at the Istanbul Olympics.
He is currently the third Croat on the world rating list after
Zdenko Kozul and Mladen Palac.
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