Yugoslav Chess Championship

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The Yugoslav Chess Championship was an annual chess tournament held to determine the Yugoslav national champion and Yugoslavia's candidates for the World Chess Championship.

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It was first played in 1935 in Belgrade, the capital of Kingdom of Yugoslavia and ended with its 46th iteration during the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia.

Winners list (men)

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

No.YearLocationChampion
11935 Belgrade Vasja Pirc and Borislav Kostić [1] [2]
21936 Novi Sad Vasja Pirc (2) [3] [4]
31937 Rogaška Slatina Vasja Pirc (3) as Yugoslav champion, Miguel Najdorf as tournament champion [5] [6] [7]
41938 Ljubljana Borislav Kostić (2) [8] [9]
51939 Zagreb Milan Vidmar [10] [11] [12] [13]

SFR Yugoslavia

No.YearChampion
1 1945 Petar Trifunović [14]
2 1946 Petar Trifunović (2) [15]
3 1947 Svetozar Gligorić
Petar Trifunović (3) [16]
4 1948 Svetozar Gligorić (2)
Vasja Pirc (4) [17]
5 1949 Svetozar Gligorić (3) [18]
6 1950 Svetozar Gligorić (4) [19]
7 1951 Braslav Rabar [20]
8 1952 Petar Trifunović (4) [21]
9 1953 Vasja Pirc (5) [22] [23]
10 1955 Nikola Karaklajić [24]
111956 Svetozar Gligorić (5) [25]
121957 Svetozar Gligorić (6) [26]
131958 Svetozar Gligorić (7)
Borislav Ivkov [27]
141959 Svetozar Gligorić (8) [28]
151960 Svetozar Gligorić (9) [29]
161961 Petar Trifunović (5) [30]
171962 Aleksandar Matanović
Dragoljub Minić [31]
181963 Svetozar Gligorić (10) [32]
191964 Borislav Ivkov (2)
Mijo Udovčić [33]
201965 Milan Matulović [34]
211966 Svetozar Gligorić (11) [35]
221967 Milan Matulović (2) [36]
231968 Predrag Ostojić
Janez Stupica [37]
241969 Aleksandar Matanović (2) [38]
251970 Milan Vukić [39]
261971 Predrag Ostojić (2)
Milan Vukić (2) [40]
271972 Borislav Ivkov (3) [41]
281973 Božidar Ivanović [32]
291974 Milan Vukić (3) [42]
301975 Dragoljub Velimirović [43]
311976 Krunoslav Hulak [44]
321977 Ljubomir Ljubojević
Srđan Marangunić [45]
331978 Aleksandar Matanović (3) [46] [47]
341979 Ivan Nemet [48]
351980 Predrag Nikolić [49]
361981 Božidar Ivanović (2) [50]
371982 Ljubomir Ljubojević (2) [51]
381983 Dušan Rajković [32]
391984 Predrag Nikolić (2) [52]
401985 Slavoljub Marjanović [53] [54]
411986 Dragan Barlov [55]
421987 Miralem Dževlan [56]
431988 Ivan Sokolov [57]
441989 Zdenko Kožul [58] [59]
451990 Zdenko Kožul (2) [60] [61]
461991 Branko Damljanović [62]

Multiple-time winners

TitlesPlayerYears
11 Flag of Serbia.svg Svetozar Gligorić 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966
5 Flag of Serbia.svg Petar Trifunović 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1961
Flag of Slovenia.svg Vasja Pirc 1935, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1953
3 Flag of Serbia.svg Borislav Ivkov 1958, 1964, 1972
Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Matanović 1962, 1969, 1978
Flag of Serbia.svg Milan Vukić 1970, 1971, 1974
2 Flag of Serbia.svg Boris Kostić 1935, 1938
Flag of Serbia.svg Milan Matulović 1965, 1967
Flag of Serbia.svg Predrag Ostojić 1968, 1971
Flag of Montenegro.svg Božidar Ivanović 1973, 1981
Flag of Serbia.svg Ljubomir Ljubojević 1977, 1982
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Predrag Nikolić 1980, 1984
Flag of Croatia.svg Zdenko Kožul 1989, 1990

Winners list (women)

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The first women's championship of Yugoslavia was held in Zagreb in August 1939, and was won by Lidija Timofejeva and Jovanka Petrović. A women's chess tournament had previously been held in Ljubljana in 1926, in which only players from Ljubljana participated, and Sava Šerbanova was the winner. [63]

SFR Yugoslavia

No.YearChampion [64]
11947 Lidija Timofejeva
21948 Lidija Timofejeva (2)
31949 Lidija Timofejeva (3)
Slava Cvenkl
41950 Vera Nedeljković
51951 Vera Nedeljković (2)
61952 Vera Nedeljković (3)
Milunka Lazarević
71953 Vera Nedeljković (4)
81954 Milunka Lazarević (2)
91955 Marija Nađ-Radenković
101956 Milunka Lazarević (3)
111957 Milunka Lazarević (4)
121958 Vera Nedeljković (5)
131959 Ljubica Jocić
141960 Milunka Lazarević (5)
151961 Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević
161962 Milunka Lazarević (6)
171963 Milunka Lazarević (7)
181964 Tereza Štadler
191965 Vera Nedeljković (6)
201966 Milka Ljiljak
211968 Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov
221969 Ružica Jovanović
231971/1 Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov (2)
241971/10 Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević (2)
251973 Vlasta Kalchbrenner
Tereza Štadler (2)
261974/4 Amalija Pihajlić
271974/12 Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević (3)
281975 Milunka Lazarević (8)
291976 Milunka Lazarević (9)
301977 Amalija Pihajlić (2)
Gordana Marković
311978 Olivera Prokopović
321979 Milunka Lazarević (10)
331980 Vlasta Maček
341981 Gordana Marković (2)
351982 Milunka Lazarević (11)
361983 Marija Petrović
Suzana Maksimović
371984 Marija Petrović (2)
381985 Zorica Nikolin
391986 Alisa Marić
401987 Zorica Nikolin (2)
411988 Vesna Bašagić
421989 Daniela Nutu-Gajić
431990 Jordanka Mićić
441991 Mirjana Marić
Suzana Maksimović (2)

Multiple-time winners

TitlesPlayerYears
11 Flag of Serbia.svg Milunka Lazarević 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982
6 Flag of Serbia.svg Vera Nedeljković 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1965
3 Flag of Serbia.svg Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević 1961, 1971, 1974
Flag of Serbia.svg Lidija Timofejeva 1947, 1948, 1949
2 Flag of Serbia.svg Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov 1968, 1971
Flag of Serbia.svg Tereza Štadler 1964, 1973
Flag of Croatia.svg Vlasta Maček 1973, 1980
Flag of Serbia.svg Amalija Pihajlić 1974, 1977
Flag of Serbia.svg Gordana Marković 1977, 1981
Flag of Serbia.svg Marija Petrović 1983, 1984
Flag of Serbia.svg Zorica Nikolin 1985, 1987
Flag of Serbia.svg Suzana Maksimović 1983, 1991

Notes

  1. ↑ GER-ch 3rd Aachen 1935 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1935)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  3. ↑ All-Union YM 1936 Archived December 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1936)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1937)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  7. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship 1937". www.perpetualcheck.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  8. ↑ Muski sampionat YU za 2002 Archived August 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Шампионат Југославије 1938". www.perpetualcheck.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  10. ↑ Aberdeen (Scottish Championship) 1939 Archived January 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1939)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  12. ↑ "Турнирска табела, 1939". Archived from the original on 4 January 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
  13. ↑ https://www.perpetualcheck.com/show/show.php?lan=en&data=Y1939002&job=s15
  14. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1945)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  15. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1946)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  16. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1947)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  17. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship 1948/49". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  18. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1949)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  19. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship 1950". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  20. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1951)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  21. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1952)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  22. ↑ https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=43091
  23. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship playoff (1954)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  24. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1955)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  25. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1956)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  26. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1957)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  27. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1958)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  28. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1959)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  29. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1960)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  30. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1961)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  31. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1962)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  32. 1 2 3 "Шампионат". www.perpetualcheck.com. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  33. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1963)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  34. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1965)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  35. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship 1966". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  36. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1967)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  37. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1968)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  38. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1969)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  39. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1970)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  40. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1971)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  41. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1972)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  42. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1974)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  43. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1975)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  44. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1976)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  45. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1977)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  46. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship playoff (1978)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  47. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1978)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  48. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1979)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  49. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1980)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  50. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1981)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  51. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1982)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  52. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1984)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  53. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship playoff (1985)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  54. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1985)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  55. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1986)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  56. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship 1987". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  57. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1988)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  58. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1989)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  59. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship playoff (1989)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  60. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship playoff (1990)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  61. ↑ "Yugoslav Championship (1990)". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  62. ↑ "YUG-ch 1991 - 365Chess.com Tournaments". www.365chess.com. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  63. ↑ "Women Yugoslav Championship 1939". Perpetual Check. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  64. ↑ "Women Championship". Perpetual Check. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

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