Mato Damjanović
Mato Damjanović, 1966 |
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Association | Croatia |
Born | March 23, 1927 Đeletovci , Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Died | February 12, 2011 Zagreb |
title |
International Master (1962) Grand Master (1964) |
Best Elo rating | 2490 (July 1971) |
Mato Damjanović (born March 23, 1927 in Đeletovci ; † February 12, 2011 in Zagreb ) was a Yugoslav , later Croatian chess grandmaster .
successes
He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1962 and the title of Grand Master in 1964 after his success in Sochi .
Damjanović reached third place with the Yugoslav team at the 1960 Chess Olympiad in Leipzig and second at the 1965 European Team Championship in Hamburg .
Tournament results:
- 1964 Sochi Chigorin Memorial : 2nd place
- 1969 Zagreb: 1st place
- 1969 Amsterdam IBM : 4th place
- 1970 Bad Pyrmont: 1st place
- 1972 Zagreb: 2nd place
- 1974 Dortmund: 4th place
In 2006 he was banned from the world chess federation FIDE for one year because he was involved in the submission of standards for a tournament in Hungary, which had not taken place.
Damjanović was most successful in 1971, not only having his highest Elo rating in the first Elo list from July 1971, but also reaching his highest historical rating of 2593 shortly before the Elo rating was introduced in February 1971 .
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Mato Damjanović on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 75 and p. 90
- ↑ Mato Damjanović's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Mato Damjanović's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Dortmund Chess Days 1974 from May 3rd to 14th in Dortmund's Westfalenpark on TeleSchach
- ↑ Decision of the FIDE ethics committee (PDF, English)
- ↑ Mato Damjanović's Elo development on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Mato Damjanović's historical Elo numbers on chessmetrics.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Damjanović, Mato |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav chess player |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Đeletovci |
DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 2011 |
Place of death | Zagreb |