GMLuka Budisavljevic

Luka Budisavljević was born in Belgrade in 2004. He won six successive Serbian age-group championships from 2012 to 2017, progressing from the under-eight to the under-14 division. He also won the European under-eight rapid championship in 2012. In 2019 he shared first place in Serbia’s under-20 championship, finishing second on tiebreak. He won the Tatre Open that year while accumulating international master norms. Budisavljević completed the grandmaster requirements in November 2020, aged 16, and received the title in 2021. At the 2021 European under-18 speed championships, he won individual and team rapid silvers and an individual blitz bronze.