Krunoslav Hulak

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Krunoslav Hulak, Wijk aan Zee 1983
Association CroatiaCroatia Croatia
Born May 25, 1951
Osijek , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Died October 23, 2015
Zagreb , Croatia
title International Master (1974)
Grand Master (1976)
Best Elo rating 2570 (July and October 2002)

Krunoslav Hulak (born May 25, 1951 in Osijek , † October 23, 2015 in Zagreb ) was a Croatian , formerly Yugoslav chess player.

Life

Krunoslav Hulak was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1974 , and in 1976 he was awarded the title of Grand Master . In the summer of 1984 in Berlin , he finished second behind Eric Lobron .

He took part in six Chess Olympiads between 1982 and 1996 and played three each for the Yugoslav ( 1982 , 1986 and 1990 ) and for the Croatian team ( 1992 , 1994 , 1996 ), and he also played at the European Team Championships in 1977, 1980, 1983 and 1989 for the Yugoslav team, at the European team championships in 1992 and 1997 for the Croatian team. With the team he reached second place in 1983 and 1989, in the individual ranking he achieved the best individual result on the second board in 1989 (together with Aleksander Wojtkiewicz ) and the best rating performance of all participants.

In the 1989/90 season he played in the German Federal Chess League for SK Zehlendorf on the 2nd board behind Michail Tal , in the Austrian Federal Chess League he played for Holz Dohr from 2007 to 2010 . He took part in the European Club Cup in 1993 and 1994 with the HAŠK Mladost-Novogradnja Zagreb , in 1996 with the ŠK Borovo Vukovar '91 , with which he came second, and in 2000 with the ŠK Bihać .

Tournament successes

  • Varna 1974: 1st place
  • Yugoslav Championship 1976: 1st place
  • IBM Amsterdam 1977: 2nd place
  • Banja Luka 1983: 1st – 3rd Place with Speelman and Adorján
  • Zagreb 1985: 2nd place
  • Wijk aan Zee B tournament 1986: 1st place
  • Banja Luka 1987: 1st – 2nd Place with Ekström
  • Belgrade 1988: shared 1st place with Gurewitsch , Psachis and Polugajewski .
  • Solin 2000: 2nd place
  • Croatian Championship 2005: 1st place

Web links

Commons : Krunoslav Hulak  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tužna vijest za hrvatski šah: Bio je omiljen ...
  2. ↑ Krunoslav Hulak's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Krunoslav Hulak's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. ↑ Krunoslav Hulak's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
  5. ↑ Ian Rogers : GMA-Open with 100 grandmasters - six tied at the tournament of the stars in Belgrade (event of the Grandmaster Association ). Schach-Echo 1989, issue 1, pages 3 and 4 (report, table, games).
personal data
SURNAME Hulak, Krunoslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav or Croatian chess player
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Osijek
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 2015
Place of death Zagreb , Croatia