Dragoljub Janošević

Dragoljub Janošević (Janosevic)
Full name Dragoljub Janošević
Country Yugoslavia
Born July 8, 1923(1923-07-08)
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Died May 20, 1993(1993-05-20) (aged 69)
Title Grandmaster
Peak rating 2518 (March 1954)

Dragoljub Janošević (Janosevic) (8 July 1923 - 20 May 1993) was a Yugoslav chess Grandmaster.

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Background

Janošević became an International Master in 1964 and earned the Grandmaster title the following year.

In the 1950s and 1960s he played several times in the final of the Yugoslav Championship. Chessmetrics gives his highest rating as 2589 in March 1954, which places him 58th in the world at that time.[1] He loves to play blindfold chess games and he plays against many opponents together in this kind of matches

Notable results

Notable games

Janošević scored individual victories over such strong grandmasters as Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian and Fischer.

He drew a game with Efim Geller in Skopje 1968 where neither player made a move.[9]

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