Yugoslav Chess Players - Milan Vidmar, Borislav Ivkov, Milan Matulovi, Svetozar Gligori, Zvonko Vranesic, Alisa Mari, Milan Vuki (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Milan Vidmar, Borislav Ivkov, Milan Matulovi, Svetozar Gligori, Zvonko Vranesic, Alisa Mari, Milan Vuki, Predrag Nikoli, Lajos Asztalos, Mijo Udov i, Ljubomir Ljubojevi, Milan Vukcevich, Borislav Milic, Boris Kosti, Braslav Rabar, Mi o Cebalo, Dragoljub Velimirovi, Dra en Marovi, Bo idar Ivanovi, Dragoljub Jano evi, Petar Trifunovi, Milunka Lazarevi, Dragoljub iri, Vladimir Vukovi, Andrija Fuderer, Dimitrije Bjelica, Mato Damjanovi, Albin Planinc, Bojan Kurajica, Dragoljub Mini, Bruno Parma, Ivan Sokolov, Mario Bertok, Mirjana Mari, Imre Konig, Vesna Mi anovi, Aleksandar Matanovi, Tihomil Drezga, Vasja Pirc, Stojan Puc, Igor Miladinovi, Milan Vidmar, Jr., Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov, Vasilije Tomovi, Semka Sokolovi -Bertok, Mladen ubari, Vlatko Kova evi, Maria Manakova, Ozren Nedeljkovi, Predrag Ostoji, Branko Damljanovic. Excerpt: Borislav Ivkov (born November 12, 1933 in Belgrade) is a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was the first ever World Junior Champion in 1951. He won the Yugoslav Championship in 1958 (joint), 1963 (joint) and 1972. He was a World championship candidate in 1965, and played in four more Interzonal tournaments, in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979. Ivkov represented Yugoslavia 12 times in Olympiad competition, from 1956 to 1980, and six times in European Team Championships. Ivkov won nearly two dozen high-class events during his career; notable tournament triumphs include Mar del Plata 1955, Buenos Aires 1955, Beverwijk 1961, Zagreb 1965, Sarajevo 1967, Amsterdam 1974, and Moscow 1999. For more than 15 years from the mid-1950s, he was the second-ranking Yugoslav player, after Svetozar Gligori . He remains an active tournament competitor at age 73, having played successfully in the 2007 Canadian Open in Ottawa. He is preparing his chess autobiography. Ivkov earned his Natio...