Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I whanau a Cvitan i Šibenik (i te wa o Yugoslavia). I timata ia mo te kapa C o Yugoslavia i te 1990 Chess Olympiad, i whakahaerehia i Novi Sad, i tuhi i tetahi tohu pai i runga i te papa kotahi. I te Olympic o Manila i te tau 1992
, i takaro ia i te poari tuarua mo Croatia ka whiwhi i tetahi mētara koura takitahi. I whakataetae a Cvitan i te FIDE World Chess Championship 2002, i reira i patu ai ia i te rauna tuatahi e Alexander Lastin.