Vasja Pirc

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Vasja Pirc, around 1935
Association Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia
Born December 19, 1907
Idria
Died June 2, 1980
Ljubljana
title International Master (1950)
Grand Master (1953)
Best Elo rating 2680 (September 1939) ( Historic Elo rating )

Vasja Pirc [ pirts ] (born December 19, 1907 in Idria , † June 2, 1980 in Ljubljana ) was a Yugoslav chess player and historian.

Life

His first major sporting success dates back to 1929 when he shared third place with Géza Maróczy in the tournament in Rogaška Slatina ( Akiba Rubinstein won ahead of Salo Flohr ). In 1938 he won two tournaments: Bad Harzburg (before Efim Bogoljubow ) and Łódź (before Savielly Tartakower ). Pirc participated with Yugoslavia in the Chess Olympiads in 1931 , 1935 , 1937 , 1950 , 1952 and 1954 . In 1950 he was Olympic champion in Dubrovnik with his country, in 1952 in Helsinki and 1954 in Amsterdam he won the silver medal. In the individual ranking Pirc achieved the second best individual result on the fourth board in 1931 in Prague . He also represented Yugoslavia at the unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich in 1936 , where he achieved the second-best result on the top board. Between 1935 and 1953 he was Yugoslav champion five times. In 1948 he managed to keep a tie against ex-world champion Max Euwe (5: 5).

In 1953 FIDE Pirc awarded the title of Grand Master .

His best historical rating was 2680. This he achieved in September 1939. In January and February 1935 he was ninth in the world rankings.

The Pirc-Ufimzew-Defense , often simply Pirc-Defense , is named after him: 1. e2 – e4 d7 – d6 2. d2 – d4 Ng8 – f6, along with g7 – g6 and Bf8 – g7. In the Russian-speaking world, this opening is named after the local master player Anatoly Ufimzew .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vasja Pirc's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Vasja Pircs results at unofficial chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ^ Willy Iclicki: FIDE Golden book 1924-2002 . Euroadria, Slovenia, 2002, p. 74.
  4. ↑ Vasja Pirc's historical Elo numbers on chessmetrics.com (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Pirc, Vasya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav chess player
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Idrija
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1980
Place of death Ljubljana