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Portrait · GM
Miloš
Perunović
A grandmaster, international and author who understands the price of a pawn - and the value of the initiative it can buy.
Years
1984
Title
GM
City
Belgrade
FIDE ID
921629
Rating peak
2641 (April 2016)
Games in the archive
2
Milos Perunovic, born in Belgrade in 1984, became a grandmaster in 2004, champion of Serbia and Montenegro in 2005 and Serbian champion in 2007. His games have plenty to offer anyone who enjoys active pieces and open files.
He is particularly associated with the Benko Gambit, also known as the Volga Gambit, and wrote The Modernized Benko Gambit. In this opening, Black gives a pawn for lasting pressure, especially along the open a- and b-files. Against Evgeny Tomashevsky at the 2014 European Championship, that pressure also reaches the kingside.
Evgeny Tomashevsky - Miloš Perunović · European Individual Championship, Yerevan, 2014.03.10
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Tomashevsky–Perunovic, European Championship 2014: from a Benko Gambit, Black's rook reaches a3 before swinging across to h3 to join the attack.
Against Romain Edouard at the 2015 European Team Championship, Perunovic enters a sharp Winawer French with White. His queen takes early pawns on g7 and h7, while Black's queen captures the rook on a1. White's king stays in the centre, making every check significant. This game calls for a slow replay and careful calculation.
Miloš Perunović - Romain Edouard · European Team Championship, Reykjavik, 2015.11.16
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Perunovic–Edouard, European Team Championship 2015: White's king travels through the centre while his active pieces build threats, culminating in 33.Qf8+.
Perunovic has represented his country at several Olympiads and European Team Championships. He also won bronze with Novi Sad at the 2012 World Cities Championship. His win against Pontus Carlsson comes from that event and features a fine kingside combination.
Miloš Perunović - Pontus Carlsson · World Cities Championship, Al Ain, 2012.12.26
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Perunovic–Carlsson, Al Ain 2012: 22.Nb5 draws the a-pawn away, and after 23.Bxg7+ the queen enters on f7, recovering material with threats.
Alongside his competitive career, Perunovic writes and shares his chess knowledge. These games pose a useful question for analysis: what does a player gain by offering material? Sometimes it is open files, sometimes time to attack, and sometimes a position where the opponent can no longer get organised.