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Yugoslav Chess Championship
The Yugoslav Chess Championship was an annual chess tournament held to determine the Yugoslav national champion and Yugoslavia's candidates for the World Chess Championship. It was first played in 1935 in Belgrade, the capital of Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 to 1929, it was officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, but the term "Yugoslavia" () h ... and ended with its 46th iteration during the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia. Winners list (men) Kingdom of Yugoslavia : SFR Yugoslavia : Multiple-time winners Winners list (women) Kingdom of Yugoslavia The first women's championship of Yugoslavia was held in Zagreb in August 1939, and was won by Lidija Timofejeva and Jovanka Petrović. A women's chess tournament had previously been held in Ljubljana in 1926, in which only players from Ljubljana participated, and Sava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess Tournament
A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London 1851 chess tournament, London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard form of chess competition among multiple serious players. Today, the most recognized chess tournaments for individual competition include the Candidates Tournament and the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The largest team chess tournament is the Chess Olympiad, in which players compete for their country's team in the same fashion as the Olympic Games. Since the 1960s, Computer chess, chess computers have occasionally entered human tournaments, but this is no longer common, because computers would defeat humans and win the tournament. Most chess tournaments are organized and directed according to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) handbook, which offers guidelines and regulations for conducting tournaments. Chess tournaments are mainly held in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetozar Gligorić
Svetozar Gligorić ( sr-Cyrl, Светозар Глигорић; 2 February 1923 – 14 August 2012) was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record 11 times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia and Yugoslavia. In 1958, he received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete of Yugoslavia. During the 1950s and 1960s, Gligorić was one of the top players in the world reaching the Candidates Tournament multiple times. In his career he won both team (1950) and individual board 1 ( 1958) gold medals at the Chess Olympiad thus becoming one of the few players in chess history to do so (along with Kashdan, Rubinstein, Botvinnik, Petrosian, Spassky, Karpov, Korchnoi, Kasparov, Ivanchuk, Aronian, Ding and Gukesh). He was also among the world's most popular players, owing to his globe-trotting tournament schedule and a particularly engaging personality, reflected in the title of his autobiography book, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mijo Udovčić
Mijo Udovčić (September 11, 1920 – April 8, 1984) was a Yugoslavian chess player, who became the first Croatian Grandmaster in 1962. Jointly with Borislav Ivkov, he won the Yugoslav championships in 1963. Background Udovčić gained the title of International Master in 1957 and became a Grandmaster in 1962. He was the first Croatian player to attain the Grandmaster title. Chessmetrics gives his highest rating at 2618 in January 1953, which places him 39th in the world at that time. As well as being a top chess player, Udovčić worked as a judge. Notable team results Udovčić was part of the Yugoslavian team who won silver medals behind USSR at the 16th Chess Olympiad held in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1964. He played on the fifth board, scoring 5 points from 7 games. Udovčić also played for Yugoslavia in two European Team Chess Championships, scoring 7/10 in Oberhausen in 1961 and 6/9 in Hamburg in 1965. Yugoslavia won silver medals behind USSR in both events. Notable in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragoljub Minić
Dragoljub Minić (March 5, 1937 – c. April 5, 2005) was a Yugoslav Grandmaster of chess. He won the championship of Yugoslavia in 1962 (joint with Aleksandar Matanović). Chess career Minić's chess career was primarily in the 1960s and 1970s. He represented Yugoslavia in many competitions, including the 1962 Varna Olympiad, where he scored 6½ out of 8 games for Yugoslavia, which finished second to the Soviet Union, and the 1970 Siegen Olympiad, where he scored 8½ out of 10 for Yugoslavia, which finished third behind the Soviet Union and Hungary. Minić also served as a second to Svetozar Gligorić and Ljubomir Ljubojević, Yugoslavia's most prominent grandmasters. Minić was famous for his knowledge of the game and great analytical ability. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1964. Despite being grandmaster-strength for many years, Minic could not fulfil all of the requirements for the GM title. However, Fide awarded him an Honorary Grandmaster title in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Matanović
Aleksandar Matanović (; 23 May 1930 – 9 August 2023) was a Serbian chess grandmaster, one of the leading Yugoslav players in the 1950s-1970s. In 1966 he founded the company Chess Informant, which publishes regular game collections from recent major tournaments and the ''Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings''. Chess career Matanović was junior champion of Yugoslavia in 1948 and awarded the GM title in 1955. He was Yugoslav champion in 1962 (joint with Minić), 1969 and 1978 (he took second place in 1950, 1956, 1959, 1963 and 1975). His most successful tournament results included first place at Opatija 1953, second at Belgrade 1954, first at Hamburg 1955, first at Beverwijk 1957, tied for first at Buenos Aires 1961, first at Zevenaar 1961, second at Jerusalem 1964 and second place at the Vrnjacka Banja zonal tournament 1967. Matanović participated in four interzonal tournaments, his best result being a tie for seventh place in Portorož, Slovenia in 1958. In this tournamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borislav Ivkov
Borislav Ivkov (12 November 1933 – 14 February 2022) was a Serbian chess Grandmaster. As one of the most decorated players in the history of Chess Olympiad, Ivkov was a World championship candidate in 1965, and played in four more Interzonal tournaments, in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979. Ivkov was a three-time Yugoslav Champion (1958 joint, 1964 joint, 1972) and was the first World Junior Champion in 1951. He represented Yugoslavia 12 times in Olympiad competition, from 1956 to 1980, and six times in European Team Championships. Ivkov won numerous top-class events during his career; notable tournament triumphs include Mar del Plata 1955, Buenos Aires 1955, Beverwijk 1961, Zagreb 1965, Sarajevo 1967, Amsterdam-IBM 1974, and Moscow 1999. For more than 15 years from the mid-1950s, he was the second-ranking Yugoslav player, after Svetozar Gligorić. He wrote an autobiography, ''My 60 Years in Chess''. National Master, World Junior Champion Ivkov earned his National Master ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Karaklaji%C4%87
Nikola Karaklajić (Cyrillic: Никола Караклајић, Belgrade, 24 February 1926 – 16 December 2008) was a Serbian-Yugoslav chess master. He was the first notable exponent and probably inventor of the Belgrade Gambit.David Hooper, Kenneth Whyld -The Oxford companion to chess -1996 Page 34 "Belgrade Gambit, 861 in the scotch four knights game, played by the Yugoslav master Nikola Karaklajic (1926- ) in 1945 and probably introduced by him." He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1955, competed in the 12th Chess Olympiad, Belgian Chess Championship, European Team Chess Championship and played notable games with Hans Berliner, Borislav Ivkov and others as part of the peer group of strong Yugoslav players contemporary with Borislav Milić. Aside from chess, Karaklajić was also known as a radio personality on Radio Belgrade (1957–1982) and for his interest in rock music featuring in the documentary ''Rockovnik''. He was first editor in chief of ''Džuboks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship
The 10th anniversary Yugoslav Chess Championship, championship of Yugoslavia was played in the Assembly of Vojvodina, National Assembly of Vojvodina in Novi Sad. The reserve player, Chess Master, Master Nikola Karaklajić, played the draw of his life against Gligorić in the last round (otherwise he would have played an additional match with him for the title) and deservedly and convincingly won the title. The first 6 gained the right to participate directly in the next championship, the first 10 won prizes, and the first 15 directly participated in the semi-finals. Five debutants, five Candidate Masters, fought for 8.5 points (50%), in which only Milan Matulović succeeded and thus became a Chess National Master, Master. Players The first six from the 1953 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship had a direct right to participate: Vasja Pirc, Braslav Rabar, Andrija Fuderer, Borislav Milić, Dragoljub Janošević and Svetozar Gligorić, as well as members of the Olympic team: Petar Trif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship ...
The 1953 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship was the 9th edition of SFR Yugoslav Chess Championship. Held in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, SR Croatia. The tournament was won by Vasja Pirc. First three players were tied for 1st, so they played champions play-off. Table and results References {{Portal bar, Chess Yugoslav Chess Championships 1953 in chess Chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship ...
The 1952 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship was the 8th edition of SFR Yugoslav Chess Championship. Held in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia, SR Serbia. The tournament was won by Petar Trifunović. Table and results References {{Portal bar, Chess Yugoslav Chess Championships 1952 in chess Chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braslav Rabar
Braslav Rabar (27 September 1919, Zagreb – 6 December 1973, Zagreb) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian chess International Master (1950) and chess writer. He was Yugoslav champion in 1951, and in 1953 again tied for the tournament lead, but lost a playoff match. He played for Yugoslavia in three chess Olympiads (1950, 1952, 1954), winning a total of five medals. Rabar was a co-inventor of the classification systems for the Chess Informant publications. Early years In 1941, he tied for 8-9th in Trentschin-Teplitz ( Trencianske Teplice); the event was won by Jan Foltys. In September 1941, he tied for 9-10th in Munich (''Europaturnier'', Gösta Stoltz won). In December 1941, he played at second board against Ludovit Potuček (1.5 : 0.5) in a match Croatia – Slovakia in Zagreb. In September 1942, he took 12th in Munich (''Europameisterschaft'', 1st European Individual Chess Championship, Alexander Alekhine won). He represented the Independent State of Croatia there. Yugoslav champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship ...
The 1951 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship was the 7th edition of SFR Yugoslav Chess Championship. Held in Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia, SR Bosnia & Herzegovina. The tournament was won by Braslav Rabar. Table and results References {{Reflist Yugoslav Chess Championships 1951 in chess Chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
