He has been engaged in chess since primary school. As of 1984 he has held an International master title. He has been participant of several International tournaments. From 1990 he has rarely participated on tournaments and coaching has became his main occupation. He recently became FIDE coach. From 1988 till 11999 he worked with juveniles of different ages as a professional coach of CC "Partizan". He is one of the founders of The School of Champions in CC "Rad", which began to work in 1996. His students have won 12 Yugoslav and SCG Cadet Championships and 5 BIH Cadet Championships. All titles were won at the time when the author of this book was working with students individually. From numerous groups of students it is good to mention GM Nikola Sedlak, GM Milos Perunovic, and GM Bojan Vuckovic, who are at the moment Serbia's most prospective chess players. Slobodan Mirkovic systemized about five thousand matches from Top World chess players' practice, and he made ledger which represents a base in working with young chess players. He is the author of chess combinations classification, which is in the informative system of "Chess Informant". So now, as an edition specially prepared for this Championship and intended for all participants, there has come out "Chess School 2". Introduction of chess in school is definitely the noblest mission which can be carried out in a country. Many chess nations have come a long way in this project, some are preparing for it.
