Vidmar Memorial

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The Milan Vidmar Memorial is a chess tournament commemorating Milan Vidmar (1885–1962), a leading Slovenian grandmaster.

The first Vidmar Memorial was held in 2–20 June 1969 in Ljubljana. In subsequent years the tournament has been held in several different Slovenian cities.[1]

[edit] Winners

# Year City Winner
1 1969 Ljubljana Flag of Yugoslavia Albin Planinc (Yugoslavia)
2 1973 Ljubljana, Portorož Flag of Hungary Lajos Portisch (Hungary)
3 1975 Portorož, Ljubljana Flag of the Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)
4 1977 Ljubljana, Portorož Flag of Denmark Bent Larsen (Denmark)
5 1979 Bled, Portorož Flag of the Netherlands Jan Timman (Netherlands)
6 1985 Portorož, Ljubljana Flag of Hungary Lajos Portisch (Hungary),
Flag of Hungary Zoltan Ribli (Hungary)
7 1987 Portorož, Ljubljana Flag of Yugoslavia Ivan Sokolov (Yugoslavia)
8 1989 Ljubljana, Rogaška Slatina Flag of Yugoslavia Predrag Nikolić (Yugoslavia)
9 1991 Bled, Rogaška Slatina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
10 1993 Portorož, Rogaška Slatina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
11 1995 Ptuj Flag of Germany Stefan Kindermann (Germany)
12 1997 Portorož Flag of Russia Vadim Zviagintsev (Russia)
13 1999 Portorož Flag of Slovenia Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia)
14 2001 Portorož Flag of Slovenia Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia)
15 2003 Portorož Flag of Slovenia Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia),
Flag of Israel Emil Sutovsky (Israel)
16 2005 Portorož Flag of Slovenia Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia)
17 2007 Ljubljana Flag of Slovenia Duško Pavasovič (Slovenia)

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