Milan Vidmar Jr. (16 December 1909,

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– 10 November 1980,

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) was a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

n chess master. He was a son of

Milan Vidmar Milan Vidmar (22 June 1885 – 9 October 1962) was a Slovenian electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930 and in 1950, was among the inaugural recipien ...

, a leading Slovenian chess grandmaster. In 1938, he tied for 9th–10th in Ljubljana (

Boris Kostić Borislav Kostić (24 February 1887 – 3 November 1963) was a Yugoslav chess grandmaster and a popularizer of the game. Life and chess Borislav Kostic was born in Vršac, Kingdom of Hungary, at the time part of Austria-Hungary. His father D ...

won, and

sr shared 5th place). In 1942, he shared 1st with

Efim Bogoljubow Efim Bogoljubow ( or ), also known as Ewfim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow, ( (); also Romanized ''Bogoljubov'', ''Bogolyubov''; uk, Юхим Дмитрович Боголюбов, Yukhym Dmytrovych Boholiubov; April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952) ...

in Cottbus. He tied for 2nd–3rd with his father, behind

Svetozar Gligorić Svetozar Gligorić (Serbian Cyrillic: 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 twelve times, and is consider ...

, at Ljubljana (''Liberation'') 1945/46, took 6th at Karlovy Vary / Mariánské Lázně 1948 (

Jan Foltys Jan Foltys (13 October 1908, Svinov – 11 March 1952, Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic) was a Czech chess International Master. Biography In 1933, he tied for 8-12th in Mnichovo Hradiště (13th Czech championships). In ...

won), shared 8th at Vienna 1951 (4th

Schlechter Memorial Carl Schlechter Memorial Tournament (''Carl-Schlechter-Gedenkturnier'') is an irregularly scheduled chess competition initiated to honor the memory of leading Austrian chess master Carl Schlechter (1874–1918), who died as a result of privati ...

Moshe Czerniak Moshe Czerniak (born Moizes Czerniak, also knowns as Miguel Czerniak; he, משה צ'רניאק; 3 February 1910 – 31 August 1984) was a Polish-Israeli chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 1952. Biog ...

won), and took 10th at Opatija 1953 (

Aleksandar Matanović Aleksandar Matanović (born May 23, 1930) is a Serbian chess grandmaster. Following the death of Yuri Averbakh at the age of 100 on May 7, 2022, Matanović became the oldest living grandmaster. Chess career Awarded the GM title in 1955, Matanov ...

won). Vidmar Jr. played for Yugoslavia at first reserve board (+4 –0 =2) in the

9th Chess Olympiad The 9th Chess Olympiad ( hr, 9. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between Augus ...

at Dubrovnik 1950. He won team gold medal. He was awarded the

IM title FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

in 1950.Liste des premiers titrés (chrono) - Chessmile
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* http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=26364 1909 births 1980 deaths Slovenian chess players Yugoslav chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Chess International Masters 20th-century chess players {{Yugoslav Chess Championship