Ljilja Drljević

Ljilja Drljević
Ljilja Drljević
	Drljević in 2008
Country	Yugoslavia → ; Serbia and Montenegro (before 2006); Montenegro (2006−2009) ; Serbia (2009−present)
Born	30 November 1984 (age 39); Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Title	Woman International Master (2007); FIDE Instructor (2015)
Peak rating	2302 (May 2011)

Ljilja Drljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Љиља Дрљевић; born 30 November 1984) is a Serbian chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2007). She won the Serbian Women's Chess Championship in 2016.

Chess career[edit]

Drljević won the 2007 Mediterranean Women's Chess Championship in Sousse. In early 2009, she switched from the Montenegro Chess Federation to the Serbian Chess Federation.^[1] She was second in 2010 World Student Chess Championship in Zürich.^[2] After getting a bronze medal in the 2010 national women's championship in Pančevo, she finally won the Serbian Women's Chess Championship in 2016.^[3]

Ljilja Drljević played for Montenegro and Serbia in the Women's Chess Olympiads:^[4]

In 2008, at second board in the 38th Chess Olympiad (women) in Dresden (+4, =1, -4),
In 2016, at reserve board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad (women) in Baku (+5, =2, -2).^[5]

Ljilja Drljević played for Montenegro and Serbia in the European Team Chess Championships:^[6]

In 2007, at first board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Heraklion (+2, =1, -5),
In 2011, at fourth board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship (women) in Porto Carras (+1, =3, -2).

Ljilja Drljević played for FR Yugoslavia in the European Girls' U18 Team Chess Championships:^[7]

In 2000, at first board in the 1st European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in Balatonlelle (+2, =2, -3),
In 2002, at second board in the 3rd European U18 Team Chess Championship (girls) in Balatonlelle (+4, =2, -1).

In 2007, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title and received the FIDE Instructor title in 2015.