Milan Pacher
{{Short description|Slovak chess grandmaster (born 1990)}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = Slovakia
| birth_date = {{Bda|1990|10|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
| title = Grandmaster (2016){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main223950.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2508 (March 2016)
| FideID = 14907445
}}
Milan Pacher (born 3 October 1990) is a Slovak chess grandmaster.
Chess career
He won the 2016 Slovak Chess Championship.{{cite news |url=http://www.teraz.sk/sport/sach-msr-suveren-pacher-ukoncil-troj/205994-clanok.html |title=Suverén Pacher ukončil trojročnú šachovú nadvládu Michalíka |language=sk |newspaper=TASR |date=9 July 2016 |accessdate=2 December 2016}}
In January 2018, he won the Prague Open with a score of 7.5/9, defeating Ilya Chekletsov on tiebreak scores.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Prague_Open_2018|title=Prague Open 2018: Raahul VS scores his second IM norm|date=January 23, 2018|first=Prashant|last=Mullick}}
In June 2021, he won his game against Abhimanyu Mishra in the Vezérképző GM Mix tournament, though Mishra would later become the world's youngest grandmaster after the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/sports/2021/06/30/12-year-old-abhimanyu-likely-to-be-crowned-the-world-s-youngest-.html|title=Abhimanyu Mishra, 12, creates history; crowned world's youngest GM|date=June 30, 2021}}
In March 2021, he tied for first with Leon Luke Mendonca in the 2nd Kumania GM chess tournament, but lost the championship on tiebreaks.{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/chess/gm-leon-mendonca-wins-kumania-gm-tournament-20350?infinitescroll=1|title=GM Leon Mendonca wins 2nd Kumania GM tournament in Hungary|date=March 26, 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{FIDE|14907445}}
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