World championships Two times, Alisa Maric was 3rd player in the world. In five consecutive World championships in a period of 1989-2000 she was always among best six.
| No. | WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP | Place |
| 1 | 1989-1991. | 3. |
| 2 | 1991-1993. | 5. |
| 3 | 1993-1995. | 5. |
| 4 | 1995-1999. | 6. |
| 5 | 2000. | 3. |
Serbian-American
story
Alisa Maric holds international chess titles
of women's grandmaster (WGM) and men's international master (IM). Results she made makes
her best Serbian female chess player ever and because of her birth
place, she's often considered as best American-born female chess player
ever. Some of her achievements are still
unique in national history of chess.
| Age | ACHIEVEMENT |
| 9 | First tournament win |
| 12 | National master |
| 12 | Belgrade senior champion |
| 15 | International master |
| 15 | World vice champion U20 |
| 16 | Yugoslav senior champion |
| 18 | Grandmaster |
| 20 | One of two winners of Candidate's tournament |
| 21 | Participant of World ch. Final challenger match |
Chess grandmaster Dr Alisa Maric
Born in New York, living in Belgrade, Dr Alisa Maric is chess grandmaster and
sports star of Serbia. She
is university professor in Marketing, member of Presidential Board of Serbian Olympic Committee and winner of
prestigious national awards.
Greatest achievement - 3rd place in the world
Alisa Maric played Final challenger match for the World
champion title in 1991 which is the biggest individual success in history of
Yugoslav and Serbian chess.
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Chess Olympiads In year 2006, Alisa Maric celebrated extraordinary jubilee, leading role in national selection for last 20 years. She won Olympic team bronze medal in Thessalonica 1988 and Olympic individual bronze medal in Elista 1998.
Cups
and trophies Her collection of medals
also includes silver medal in Batumi 1999 at European teams championship. She won three European clubs cup gold trophies and one bronze. She was junior vice champion of the world,
senior champion of Yugoslavia and winner of many international tournaments.
June 2008: 1st board of Serbia Alisa Maric will play 1st board of Serbian national selection on Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008. It will be her 10th Olympiad in career.
May 2007: Emergence of chess marketing Dr Alisa Maric was one of the invited speakers on European Chess Union's 1st Chess Marketing seminar in Greece.
January 2007: Award for jubilee Alisa Maric was awarded with national honor prize "St.Sava", due to her great jubilee in 2006, 20 years of leading playing role in national selection, and her efforts in project of making chess as a subject in primary schools.
