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Alisa Marić
Alisa Marić, PhD (Serbian Cyrillic: Алиса Марић, ; born January 10, 1970) is a Serbian chess player, who holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master.
On 27 July 2012, she was elected as Minister of Youth and Sports in the Government of Serbia and held that position until 2 September 2013.
Chess twins.
Alisa Marić was introduced to chess at the age of four, together with her 20-minutes-younger twin sister Mirjana Marić. Alisa and Mirjana are
Championship, which was held in Pucarevo 1986. At the age of 18, Alisa was awarded with the FIDE Women Grandmaster title (WGM). At 20, she was the third ranked female player at the World championship.
World championship.
In 1990, Alisa Marić won the Candidates Tournament for the Women's World Chess Championship in Borzhomi, Georgia, USSR (together with Xie Jun). In 1991, Alisa Marić and Xie Jun played the final challenger match in two parts; first in Belgrade, Yugoslavia,