Braslav Rabar

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Braslav Rabar (born 27 September 1919, Zagreb – died 6 December 1973, Zagreb) – a Croatian chess master.

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In 1941, he tied for 8-9th in Teplitz (Trencianske Teplice). The event was won by Jan Foltys. In September 1941, he tied for 9-10th place at 2nd European Tournament in Munich. The event was won by Gösta Stöltz. In September 1942, he took 12th at first European Championship (Europameisterschaft) in Munich. The event was won by Alexander Alekhine.

In 1945/46, he took 4th in Ljubljana. The event was won by Svetozar Gligorić. In 1949/50, he tied for 2nd-3rd, in Lucerne. In 1950, he won, ahead of Mladen Šubarić, in Zagreb (CRO-ch). In 1951, he won in Sarajevo (10th YUG-ch).

In 1953, he took 3rd in Opatija. In 1953, he tied for 1st with Vasja Pirc in Zagreb (12th YUG-ch), and afterwards lost a play-off match for the title. In 1954, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Jan Hein Donner, behind Wolfgang Unzicker, in Munich (zonal). In 1955, he tied for 14-15th in Göteborg (interzonal). The event was won by David Bronstein.

Rabar participated at the 1st Balkaniad in Belgrade in 1946. Yugoslavia won, ahead of Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania. He won silver medal at 8th board. Rabar played in three Chess Olympiads. In August/September 1950, he won two gold medals: individual at fourth board (+8 –0 =2), and team, along with Gligorić, Pirc, Trifunović, Vidmar jr, Puc, at the 9th Olympiad in Dubrovnik. In August 1952, he played at second board at the 10th Olympiad in Helsinki (+5 –1 =6). Rabar won two bronze medals (individual and team). In September 1954, he played at fourth board at the 11th Olympiad in Amsterdam (+1 –3 =4). Yugoslavia won bronze medal.

Rabar was awarded the IM title in 1950. He coedited the monthly chess magazine "Šahovski Glasnik". He is best remembered for designing the Opening Classification System that was used in the "Chess Informant".