IMIgor Bjelobrk

Igor Bjelobrk was born in Split in 1982 and moved to New Zealand in 1993. He learned chess at twelve and subsequently won two New Zealand junior championships. He represented New Zealand at the 1998 World Junior Championship and the 2002 Olympiad, although he had moved to Australia in 2000. In 2009 he shared second place in the Oceania championship but missed the international master title on tiebreak. He won the 2013 Oceania championship with 7½/9, securing the title and a place in the World Cup. Alexander Grischuk eliminated him in the opening round. Bjelobrk later won the 2022 New South Wales Open with 6½/7. He and his wife Ingela, also a chess player, settled in Sydney and have two children.