Velimir Ivić

As of July 2022, he is ranked the third-best player in Serbia by FIDE rating.

[1] Days short of his 15th birthday, Ivić was a member of the silver medal-winning U18 Serbian team (lost to Germany on additional criteria) at the 2017 European Youth Team Chess Championship, scoring 6/7 on board 4,[2] which earned him individual gold medal for his board and was also best overall result in the tournament according to points.

[3] In 2016, Ivić represented Serbia at the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad, scoring 2.5/8 on board 2,[4] and scored 7 points after eleven rounds at the World Youth Chess Championship U14, ranking 8th - 14th.

[6] In Sept 2019, at 17 years and 4 days old, Ivić became the youngest Serbian ever to earn all Grandmaster requirements and second youngest to earn third GM norm, few months short of record held by Milan Zajić, who was only awarded conditional GM title at 16).

[7] Title was awarded following submission of IT2 application form[8] when Ivić officially broke the record held by Aleksandar Inđić[9] and became the youngest Serbian Grandmaster also recognized by the media in Serbia[10] until 29 November 2020 when Luka Budisavljević became the new record holder[11] at the age of 16 years, 10 months and 7 days.