Andrija Fuderer
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Andrija Fuderer (born 13 May 1931, Subotica, the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Yugoslavia) a Croatian–Belgian chess master.
At the beggining of his career, he won Yugoslav Junior Chess Championship in 1947. He was the 1951 Croatian champion.[1] Fuderer played several times in Yugoslav Chess Championship and tied for 2nd-3rd in 1951 (Braslav Rabar won), took 2nd, behind Petar Trifunović, in 1952, and won (jointly) in 1953.
In other tournaments, he took 4th at Bled 1950 (Miguel Najdorf won),[2] shared 2nd, behind Albéric O'Kelly de Galway, at Dortmund 1951,[3] took 5th at Beverwijk 1952 (Max Euwe won).[4]
Fuderer won at Saabrücken 1953, took 2nd at Opatija (Abbazia) 1953 (Aleksandar Matanović won), took 4th at Munich 1954 (zonal, Wolfgang Unzicker won),[5] tied for 3rd-5th at Hastings 1954/55 (Paul Keres and Vasily Smyslov won), and tied for 14-15th at Gotheburg 1955 (interzonal, David Bronstein won). After that last failure, he left chess for a University career in chemistry.[6] He earned PhD degree from the University of Zagreb, and became a famous inventor.[7]
Andrija Fuderer played thrice for Yugoslavia in Chess Olympiads:
- In 1952 in Helsinki (+2 –0 =3), won team bronze medal;
- In 1954 in Amsterdam (+6 –1 =5), team bronze and individual silver medals;
- In 1958 in Munich (+8 –2 =1), team silver and individual bronze medals.[8]
He also played in the 1st European Chess Team Championship at Vienna 1957, and won team silver medal.[9]
Awarded the International Master title in 1952,[10] and an honorary GM title in 1990.
He is currently a resident in Antwerp, Belgium.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ http://sport.hrt.hr/htvsport/htvsport/povijest/tekstovi/20060921_fuderer.html
- ^ bled
- ^ dortmund
- ^ beverwijk
- ^ munchen
- ^ 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal
- ^ http://www.mandtsystems.com/documents/3203194_Fuderer.pdf
- ^ OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Andrija Fuderer
- ^ OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Andrija Fuderer
- ^ Liste des premiers titrés (chrono) - Chessmile
- ^ Chess Games Database
