Svetozar Gligorić
Serbian and Yugoslavian chess grandmaster / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Svetozar Gligorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Глигорић; 2 February 1923 – 14 August 2012) was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician.[not in body] He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia. In 1958, he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia.
Svetozar Gligorić | |
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Country | Yugoslavia |
Born | (1923-02-02)2 February 1923 Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
Died | 14 August 2012(2012-08-14) (aged 89) Belgrade, Serbia |
Title | Grandmaster (1951) |
Peak rating | 2600 (July 1971) |
Peak ranking | No. 15 (July 1971) |
In the 1950s and 1960s, Gligorić was one of the top players in the world. He was also among the world's most popular players, owing to his globe-trotting tournament schedule and a particularly engaging personality, reflected in the title of his autobiography, I Play Against Pieces (i.e., without hostility toward the opponent, and not differently against different players for "psychological" reasons; playing "the board and not the man").