Background
Željko Bogut was born in Mostar.
Željko Bogut was born in Mostar.
This second time earned him General Motors norm. He learned to play chess as a five-year-old and became an active chess player in 1994, when he started playing for Hšk Zrinjski Mostar. He played for Hšk Zrinjski Mostar until 1997.
In 1997 he changed his club to ŠK Široki Brijeg.
In team chess, he took part in three Chess Olympiads, in Calviá, Turin and Dresden, playing for Bosnia and Herzegovina. He alao took part in two European Team Chess Championships, in Crete and Novi Sad.
Other than playing club chess, he has also opened a chess school. He currently has 2468 points on the ELO list which is his highest rating ever.
Bogut is married and has four children.
His occupation is a lawyer and he works in the county archive in Široki Brijeg. 1996 Biel I
2003 Dubrovnik I
2004 Calviá (Chess Olympiad)
2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship, Brčko IV
2006 Turin (Chess Olympiad)
2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship, Vitez I
2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship, Sarajevo V-VI
2008 Dresden (Chess Olympiad)
2010 Bošnjaci I-II
2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina Championship, Široki Brijeg I
In round 3 of 17th Croatian team Championship - 1B League in 2008, Bogut defeated 84th player on the July 2008 FIDE list Murtas Kazhgaleyev with the white pieces in a Sicilian defense.
His first major win was achieved in Herzegovina in 1987. During that time, he was the champion of Herzeg-Bosnia in 1995 and tied for first place in the same contest in 1996. The same year he won an international tournament in Biel and in 1997, won the Open Tournament H-Bachelor in Mostar. From 1997 on, he won the Open Tournament of Dubrovnik in 2003 and became the champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He won a lot of rapid tournaments while representing each of his clubs.
