Dragoljub Čirić
Dragoljub Miladin Čirić (born 12 November 1935) in Novi Sad) is a former Yugoslavian, now Serbian, chess Grandmaster.
Background
Čirić gained the title of International Master in 1961 and became a Grandmaster in 1965.[1]
Chessmetrics gives his highest rating as 2640 in July 1968, which places him 37th in the world at that time.[2]
He is still rated by the international chess federation FIDE, with a rating in September 2009 of 2276.
Notable team results
Čirić played for Yugoslavia in the Olympiads of 1966 and 1968. His results were:
Čirić also played in the European Team Chess Championship twice, in 1961 and 1965. His results were as follows:
- 2nd European Team Championship 1961 Oberhausen - Čirić scored 6½/9 on board 7, receiving an individual gold medal. Yugoslavia finished 2nd (behind USSR) receiving silver medals.[5]
- 3rd European Team Championship 1965 Hamburg - Čirić scored 4/8 on board 9, receiving an individual silver medal. Yugoslavia again finished 2nd behind USSR for team silver.[6]
Notable individual results
References
- This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2009-11-03 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
- ^ a b "FIDE ratings card". http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=901431. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- ^ "Chessmetrics rating card". http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S023116000000111000000000003810100. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ "1966 Olympiad, Havana". http://www.olimpbase.org/1966/1966yug.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "1968 Olympiad, Lugano". http://www.olimpbase.org/1968/1968yug.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "1961 European Team Championship, Oberhausen". http://www.olimpbase.org/1961e/1961yug.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "1965 European Team Championship, Hamburg". http://www.olimpbase.org/1965e/1965yug.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "Sarajevo 1966". http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1966Sarajevo.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
- ^ "Sarajevo 1968". http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1968Sarajevo.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
External links
Persondata |
Name |
Ciric, Dragoljub |
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Short description |
Chess Grandmaster |
Date of birth |
1935-11-12 |
Place of birth |
Novi Sad, formerly Yugoslavia, now Serbia |
Date of death |
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Place of death |
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