GMBogdan Lalic

CRO Born 1964 Male
FIDE ID
409081

About Bogdan Lalic

Bogdan Lalić was born in Zagreb in 1964. He became an international master in 1985 and a grandmaster in 1988. His early tournament successes included Pleven, Sarajevo and Seville. Show more

Bogdan Lalić was born in Zagreb in 1964. He became an international master in 1985 and a grandmaster in 1988. His early tournament successes included Pleven, Sarajevo and Seville. He shared first place at Hastings in 1995-96 with Alexander Khalifman and Stuart Conquest and later won events including Kilkenny and a First Saturday grandmaster tournament in Budapest.

Lalić also wrote a series of opening books, covering the Queen's Indian, Budapest Gambit, Nimzo-Indian, Grünfeld and Marshall Attack. He collaborated with Vladimir Okhotnik on the Carpathian Warrior books. He was formerly married to English international master Susan Lalić; their son Peter also became a competitive chess player.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2263

Published FIDE

Rapid

2347

Published FIDE

Blitz

2388

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#5411
National rank · CRO
#81

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2549 Apr 2003
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
1224

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Rating history

FIDE rating history

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
1051 2013-08-05 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 7.4 Bogdan Lalic Anthony C. Kosten Draw: 1/2-1/2 22 Open
1052 2013-08-03 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 6.4 Dominic Mackle Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 19 Open
1053 2013-08-02 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 5.6 Bogdan Lalic Terry P D Chapman Won: 1-0 26 Open
1054 2013-08-01 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 4.6 Dietmar Kolbus Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
1055 2013-07-31 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 3.11 Bogdan Lalic Ali R Jaunooby Won: 1-0 36 Open
1056 2013-07-30 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 2.7 Charles H Storey Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 24 Open
1057 2013-07-29 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 1.7 Bogdan Lalic Sarah N Longson Won: 1-0 46 Open
1058 2013-07-26 Czech Open A 2013 Pardubice CZE 8.24 Ryan Rhys Griffiths Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
1059 2013-07-25 Czech Open A 2013 Pardubice CZE 7.22 Bogdan Lalic Jonathan Westerberg Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
1060 2013-07-24 Czech Open A 2013 Pardubice CZE 6.22 Sebastian Plischki Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
1061 2013-07-23 Czech Open A 2013 Pardubice CZE 5.19 Bogdan Lalic Daniel Semcesen Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
1062 2013-07-22 Czech Open A 2013 Pardubice CZE 4.31 Alexander Sergeyev Bogdan Lalic Won: 0-1 54 Open
1063 2013-07-21 Czech Open A 2013 Pardubice CZE 3.53 Bogdan Lalic Leopold Le Ruyet Won: 1-0 29 Open
1064 2013-07-20 Czech Open A 2013 Pardubice CZE 2.56 Assan Mukashev Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
1065 2013-07-19 Czech Open A 2013 Pardubice CZE 1.36 Bogdan Lalic Volodymyr Vetoshko Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
1066 2013-07-18 Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 Pardubice CZE 9.13 Valeriy Neverov Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
1067 2013-07-18 Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 Pardubice CZE 8.16 Bogdan Lalic Alexander Gutenev Won: 1-0 41 Open
1068 2013-07-18 Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 Pardubice CZE 7.13 Jaroslav Bures Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 45 Open
1069 2013-07-18 Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 Pardubice CZE 6.8 Bogdan Lalic Kirill Stupak Lost: 0-1 43 Open
1070 2013-07-18 Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 Pardubice CZE 5.14 Karel Kratochvil Bogdan Lalic Won: 0-1 33 Open
1071 2013-07-18 Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 Pardubice CZE 4.6 Bogdan Lalic Evgeny E. Vorobiov Draw: 1/2-1/2 19 Open
1072 2013-07-17 Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 Pardubice CZE 3.1 Sergei Movsesian Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 38 Open
1073 2013-07-17 Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 Pardubice CZE 2.21 Bogdan Lalic Tibor Matrahalmi Won: 1-0 34 Open
1074 2013-07-17 Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 Pardubice CZE 1.22 Andrei Matsenko Bogdan Lalic Won: 0-1 25 Open
1075 2013-07-13 33rd Benasque Open Benasque ESP 10.5 Jorge Cori Bogdan Lalic Lost: 1-0 60 Open
1076 2013-07-12 33rd Benasque Open Benasque ESP 9.3 Bogdan Lalic Julio E Granda Zuniga Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
1077 2013-07-11 33rd Benasque Open Benasque ESP 8.8 David Anton Guijarro Bogdan Lalic Won: 0-1 52 Open
1078 2013-06-30 3rd Big Slick GM Purley ENG 9 Katerina Nemcova Bogdan Lalic Won: 0-1 41 Open
1079 2013-06-29 3rd Big Slick GM Purley ENG 8 Bogdan Lalic Daniel W Gormally Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
1080 2013-06-28 3rd Big Slick GM Purley ENG 7 Bogdan Lalic Keith C Arkell Draw: 1/2-1/2 11 Open
1081 2013-06-27 3rd Big Slick GM Purley ENG 6 Jovica Radovanovic Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 12 Open
1082 2013-06-26 3rd Big Slick GM Purley ENG 5 Bogdan Lalic Yang-Fan Zhou Draw: 1/2-1/2 13 Open
1083 2013-06-25 3rd Big Slick GM Purley ENG 4 Raja Panjwani Bogdan Lalic Won: 0-1 36 Open
1084 2013-06-24 3rd Big Slick GM Purley ENG 3 Bogdan Lalic Lawrence Trent Draw: 1/2-1/2 10 Open
1085 2013-06-23 3rd Big Slick GM Purley ENG 2 Samuel G A Franklin Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 16 Open
1086 2013-06-22 3rd Big Slick GM Purley ENG 1 Bogdan Lalic Alexander Longson Draw: 1/2-1/2 20 Open
1087 2013-06-15 Kings Place Rapid 2013 London ENG 6.2 Alexandre Dgebuadze Bogdan Lalic Lost: 1-0 31 Open
1088 2013-06-15 Kings Place Rapid 2013 London ENG 4.4 Simon T Ansell Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
1089 2013-06-02 OKU Open A 2013 Maarssen NED 6.3 Ulf Andersson Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 10 Open
1090 2013-06-02 OKU Open A 2013 Maarssen NED 5.4 Bogdan Lalic Jorden Van Foreest Won: 1-0 38 Open
1091 2013-06-01 OKU Open A 2013 Maarssen NED 4.5 Bogdan Lalic Peter Ypma Won: 1-0 55 Open
1092 2013-06-01 OKU Open A 2013 Maarssen NED 2.4 Bogdan Lalic Mark Smits Draw: 1/2-1/2 47 Open
1093 2013-05-31 OKU Open A 2013 Maarssen NED 1.4 Paul Den Boer Bogdan Lalic Won: 0-1 60 Open
1094 2013-05-26 22nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013 Bol na Bracu CRO 6.11 Zdenko Kozul Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
1095 2013-05-25 22nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013 Bol na Bracu CRO 5.31 Mladen Trbojevic Bogdan Lalic Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
1096 2013-05-24 22nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013 Bol na Bracu CRO 4.21 Bogdan Lalic Mladen Palac Draw: 1/2-1/2 11 Open
1097 2013-05-23 22nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013 Bol na Bracu CRO 3.11 Ivan Saric Bogdan Lalic Lost: 1-0 38 Open
1098 2013-05-23 22nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013 Bol na Bracu CRO 2.41 Bogdan Lalic Denis Kadric Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
1099 2013-05-22 22nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013 Bol na Bracu CRO 1.41 Damir Sulc Bogdan Lalic Won: 0-1 25 Open
1100 2013-03-02 29th Open Cappelle la Grande FRA 9.14 Mikhail Gurevich Bogdan Lalic Lost: 1-0 45 Open
  1. vs Anthony C. KostenDraw · ½–½White · 2013-08-05 · Round 7.4100th ch-GBR 2013
  2. vs Dominic MackleDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-08-03 · Round 6.4100th ch-GBR 2013
  3. vs Terry P D ChapmanWon · 1-0White · 2013-08-02 · Round 5.6100th ch-GBR 2013
  4. vs Dietmar KolbusDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-08-01 · Round 4.6100th ch-GBR 2013
  5. vs Ali R JaunoobyWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-31 · Round 3.11100th ch-GBR 2013
  6. vs Charles H StoreyDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-30 · Round 2.7100th ch-GBR 2013
  7. vs Sarah N LongsonWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-29 · Round 1.7100th ch-GBR 2013
  8. vs Ryan Rhys GriffithsDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-26 · Round 8.24Czech Open A 2013
  9. vs Jonathan WesterbergDraw · ½–½White · 2013-07-25 · Round 7.22Czech Open A 2013
  10. vs Sebastian PlischkiDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-24 · Round 6.22Czech Open A 2013
  11. vs Daniel SemcesenDraw · ½–½White · 2013-07-23 · Round 5.19Czech Open A 2013
  12. vs Alexander SergeyevWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-22 · Round 4.31Czech Open A 2013
  13. vs Leopold Le RuyetWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-21 · Round 3.53Czech Open A 2013
  14. vs Assan MukashevDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-20 · Round 2.56Czech Open A 2013
  15. vs Volodymyr VetoshkoDraw · ½–½White · 2013-07-19 · Round 1.36Czech Open A 2013
  16. vs Valeriy NeverovDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-18 · Round 9.13Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013
  17. vs Alexander GutenevWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-18 · Round 8.16Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013
  18. vs Jaroslav BuresDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-18 · Round 7.13Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013
  19. vs Kirill StupakLost · 0-1White · 2013-07-18 · Round 6.8Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013
  20. vs Karel KratochvilWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-18 · Round 5.14Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013
  21. vs Evgeny E. VorobiovDraw · ½–½White · 2013-07-18 · Round 4.6Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013
  22. vs Sergei MovsesianDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-07-17 · Round 3.1Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013
  23. vs Tibor MatrahalmiWon · 1-0White · 2013-07-17 · Round 2.21Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013
  24. vs Andrei MatsenkoWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-17 · Round 1.22Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013
  25. vs Jorge CoriLost · 1-0Black · 2013-07-13 · Round 10.533rd Benasque Open
  26. vs Julio E Granda ZunigaDraw · ½–½White · 2013-07-12 · Round 9.333rd Benasque Open
  27. vs David Anton GuijarroWon · 0-1Black · 2013-07-11 · Round 8.833rd Benasque Open
  28. vs Katerina NemcovaWon · 0-1Black · 2013-06-30 · Round 93rd Big Slick GM
  29. vs Daniel W GormallyDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-29 · Round 83rd Big Slick GM
  30. vs Keith C ArkellDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-28 · Round 73rd Big Slick GM
  31. vs Jovica RadovanovicDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-06-27 · Round 63rd Big Slick GM
  32. vs Yang-Fan ZhouDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-26 · Round 53rd Big Slick GM
  33. vs Raja PanjwaniWon · 0-1Black · 2013-06-25 · Round 43rd Big Slick GM
  34. vs Lawrence TrentDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-24 · Round 33rd Big Slick GM
  35. vs Samuel G A FranklinDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-06-23 · Round 23rd Big Slick GM
  36. vs Alexander LongsonDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-22 · Round 13rd Big Slick GM
  37. vs Alexandre DgebuadzeLost · 1-0Black · 2013-06-15 · Round 6.2Kings Place Rapid 2013
  38. vs Simon T AnsellDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-06-15 · Round 4.4Kings Place Rapid 2013
  39. vs Ulf AnderssonDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-06-02 · Round 6.3OKU Open A 2013
  40. vs Jorden Van ForeestWon · 1-0White · 2013-06-02 · Round 5.4OKU Open A 2013
  41. vs Peter YpmaWon · 1-0White · 2013-06-01 · Round 4.5OKU Open A 2013
  42. vs Mark SmitsDraw · ½–½White · 2013-06-01 · Round 2.4OKU Open A 2013
  43. vs Paul Den BoerWon · 0-1Black · 2013-05-31 · Round 1.4OKU Open A 2013
  44. vs Zdenko KozulDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-05-26 · Round 6.1122nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013
  45. vs Mladen TrbojevicDraw · ½–½Black · 2013-05-25 · Round 5.3122nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013
  46. vs Mladen PalacDraw · ½–½White · 2013-05-24 · Round 4.2122nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013
  47. vs Ivan SaricLost · 1-0Black · 2013-05-23 · Round 3.1122nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013
  48. vs Denis KadricDraw · ½–½White · 2013-05-23 · Round 2.4122nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013
  49. vs Damir SulcWon · 0-1Black · 2013-05-22 · Round 1.4122nd TCh-CRO Cup 2013
  50. vs Mikhail GurevichLost · 1-0Black · 2013-03-02 · Round 9.1429th Open

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