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 after the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia.

Winners list (men)

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

No.YearLocationChampion
11935 Belgrade Vasja Pirc and Borislav Kostić [1]
21936 Novi Sad Vasja Pirc [2]
31937 Rogaška Slatina Vasja Pirc, Mieczysław Najdorf off contest [3]
41938 Ljubljana Borislav Kostić [4]
51939 Zagreb Milan Vidmar [5]

SFR Yugoslavia

No.YearChampion
1 1945 Petar Trifunović
2 1946 Petar Trifunović
3 1947 Petar Trifunović
4 1948 Svetozar Gligorić
Vasja Pirc
5 1949 Svetozar Gligorić
6 1950 Svetozar Gligorić
7 1951 Braslav Rabar
8 1952 Petar Trifunović
9 1953 Vasja Pirc
10 1955 Nikola Karaklajić
111956 Svetozar Gligorić
121957 Svetozar Gligorić
131958 Svetozar Gligorić
Borislav Ivkov
141959 Svetozar Gligorić
151960 Svetozar Gligorić
161961 Petar Trifunović
171962 Aleksandar Matanović
Dragoljub Minić
181962 Svetozar Gligorić
191963 Borislav Ivkov
Mijo Udovčić
201965 Milan Matulović
211965 Svetozar Gligorić
221967 Milan Matulović
231968 Predrag Ostojić
Janez Stupica
241969 Aleksandar Matanović
251970 Dragoljub Velimirović
Milan Vukić
261971 Predrag Ostojić
Milan Vukić
271972 Borislav Ivkov
281973 Božidar Ivanović
291974 Milan Vukić
301975 Dragoljub Velimirović
311976 Krunoslav Hulak
321977 Ljubomir Ljubojević
Srđan Marangunić
331978 Aleksandar Matanović
341979 Ivan Nemet
351980 Predrag Nikolić
361981 Božidar Ivanović
371982 Ljubomir Ljubojević
381983 Božidar Ivanović
Dušan Rajković
391984 Predrag Nikolić
401985 Slavoljub Marjanović
411986 Dragan Barlov
421987 Miralem Dževlan
431988 Ivan Sokolov
441989 Zdenko Kožul
451990 Zdenko Kožul
461991 Branko Damljanović

Winners list (women)

SFR Yugoslavia

No.YearChampion
11947 Lidija Timofejeva
21948 Lidija Timofejeva
31949 Lidija Timofejeva
Slava Cvenkl
41950 Vera Nedeljković
51951 Vera Nedeljković
61952 Vera Nedeljković
Milunka Lazarević
71953 Vera Nedeljković
81954 Milunka Lazarević
91955 Nagy-Radenković
101956 Milunka Lazarević
111957 Milunka Lazarević
121958 Vera Nedeljković
131959 Ljubica Jocić
141960 Milunka Lazarević
151961 Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević
161962 Milunka Lazarević
171963 Milunka Lazarević
181964 Tereza Štadler
191965 Vera Nedeljković
201967 Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov
211968 Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov
221969 Ružica Jovanović
231970
241971 Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov
251972 Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević
261973 Amalija Pihajlić
271974 Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević
281975 Milunka Lazarević
291976 Milunka Lazarević
301977 Amalija Pihajlić
Gordana Marković
311978 Olivera Prokopović
321979 Milunka Lazarević
331980 Vlasta Maček
341981 Gordana Marković
351982 Milunka Lazarević
361983 Marija Petrović
Suzana Maksimović
371984 Marija Petrović
381985 Zorica Nikolin
391986 Alisa Marić
401987 Zorica Nikolin
411988 Vesna Bašagić
421989 Daniela Nutu-Gajić
431990 Jordanka Mićić
441991 Mirjana Marić
Suzana Maksimović

Notes

  1. ↑ GER-ch 3rd Aachen 1935 Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ All-Union YM 1936 Archived December 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Muski sampionat YU za 2002 Archived August 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Aberdeen (Scottish Championship) 1939 Archived January 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

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