Igor Zugic
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Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Igor Zugic | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Born | December 23, 1981 Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Title | International Master (1999) |
| FIDE rating | 2447 (March 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2481 (January 2007) |
Igor Zugic (born 23 December 1981) is a Canadian chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master. He was the 2006 Canadian Champion and is an engineer by profession.
Zugic was born in Sarajevo and emigrated to Canada with his family at age 12, settling in Toronto. His first important Canadian chess results came in 1996 when he won both the Canadian Championship for Grade 9 and the Canadian Under 18 Championship. He was of National Master strength by this time, at age 15. He represented Canada at the World Youth Chess Championships, Boys' Under 18 Group, in both 1996 and 1998.
Zugic won the Canadian Grade 12 Championship in 1999 and earned his International Master title in 2000, and made a Grandmaster norm at New York City the same year. He studied computer engineering at the University of Toronto, graduating in 2004, and represented the school in the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship.
Zugic tied for third place in the Closed Zonal Canadian Chess Championship at Toronto 2004, with 6.5/9, behind Pascal Charbonneau and Eric Lawson. Zugic won the Guelph International 2005, making his second Grandmaster norm. He represented Canada at the American Continental Chess Championship at Buenos Aires 2005.
