Borislav Milic

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Association Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia
Born October 20, 1925
Belgrade
Died May 27, 1986
Belgrade
title International Master (1951)
Honorary Grand Master (1977)
Best Elo rating 2623 (March 1954) ( Historic Elo rating )

Borislav Milić (born October 20, 1925 in Belgrade ; † May 27, 1986 there ) was a Yugoslav chess player .

Milić's chess career began after the Second World War: After his fourth place in the Yugoslav championship in 1945 (behind Trifunović , Gligorić and Pirc ), he was considered the most promising competitor of Svetozar Gligorić for the top position in Yugoslav chess. In 1951 he was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE . In 1951 he was shared second with Andrija Fuderer behind O'Kelly de Galway in Dortmund . His most successful period began in the mid-1950s, he won in 1955 the traditional tournament of Wijk aan Zee , in 1961 he shared with Karl Robatsch first prize in the tournament of Madrid.

Milić played twice for the Yugoslav team at the Chess Olympiads , in 1952 in Helsinki and in 1956 in Moscow . Here it each came into the last round, the decisive role in the medals to: In Helsinki, he had to win "bronze" a tough position against the Czechs Cenek Kottnauer to draw defend, four years later he needed the full point against Lajos Portisch for Winning the silver medal, Borislav Milić succeeded in both. Milić also took part with Yugoslavia in the European Team Championships in 1957 and 1961 and each achieved second place. Milić was a member of Partizan Belgrade and took part in the European Club Cup with this in 1976 .

In 1977 the World Chess Federation FIDE awarded him the title of Honorary Grandmaster . According to the calculations of his historical Elo number , Milić reached its highest value of 2623 in March 1954, making him one of the top 40 players.

Milić was - with Aleksandar Matanović and others - one of the founders of the chess informator, which has been published since 1966 . He was also one of the authors of the New In Chess "Keybooks" and was co-editor of the New In Chess yearbook until shortly before his death .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 88
  2. ^ The 1951 international tournament in Dortmund on TeleSchach (cross table and games)
  3. ↑ Borislav Milić's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. ↑ Borislav Milić's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  5. ↑ Borislav Milićs results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
  6. ↑ Milić's historical Elo rating from chessmetrics.com
personal data
SURNAME Milić, Borislav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav chess grandmaster
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgrade
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1986
Place of death Belgrade