Dragoljub Ćirić

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Dragoljub Ćirić, 1968
Association SerbiaSerbia Serbia
Born November 12, 1935
Novi Sad , Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died August 16, 2014
title International Master (1961)
Grand Master (1965)
Best Elo rating 2490 (July 1971)

Dragoljub Ćirić (born November 12, 1935 in Novi Sad ; † August 16, 2014 ) was a Yugoslav chess grandmaster .

Life

Ćirić grew up in Čačak and achieved mastery level as a student. He received the national championship title after the tournament in Sarajevo in 1958, the title International Master in 1961 and the Grand Master’s title in Sochi in 1965. Health problems often forced him to take longer breaks from the tournament. Ćirić took part with the Yugoslav team in the Chess Olympiads in 1966 and 1968 . He won all eight games in 1966 as the second reserve player and reached second place with the team in 1968. At the European team championships in 1961 and 1965 he reached second place, in 1961 he also achieved the best individual result on the seventh board together with Efim Geller . His last Elo rating was 2269. His best historical rating before the Elo was introduced was 2640, calculated for July 1968.

The Belgrade Chess Federation and the Radnichki Chess Club announced the death of Ćirić on August 17, 2014.

Elo development

Tournament results

  • 1965 Tschigorin Memorial: 3rd place
  • 1966 Sarajevo: 1st place (shared with Michail Tal )
  • 1967 Hoogovens Bewerwijk: 3rd place
  • 1968 Sarajevo: 1st place (shared with Anatoli Lein )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary on chessdom.com from August 18, 2014 (English)
  2. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 75
  3. ↑ Dragoljub Ćirić's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. ↑ Dragoljub Ćirić's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  5. ↑ Dragoljub Ćirić historical Elo rating at chessmetrics.com (English)
  6. ↑ obituary beochess.rs in Serbian. August 17, 2014, accessed August 23, 2014
  7. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
personal data
SURNAME Ćirić, Dragoljub
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav chess grandmaster
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Novi Sad
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 2014