Dragoljub Čirić Explained
Dragoljub Čirić |
Birthname: | Dragoljub Miladin Čirić |
Country: | Yugoslavia |
Birth Date: | 1935 11, df=y |
Birth Place: | Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
Grandmaster (1965) |
Peakrating: | 2490 (July 1971) |
Dragoljub Miladin Čirić (12 November 1935 – 17 August 2014) was a Serbian-Yugoslavian chess grandmaster.
Background
Čirić was born in Novi Sad in 1935. He gained the International Master title in 1961 and became a Grandmaster in 1965.[1]
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.[4]
- 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.[5]
Notable individual results
Death
His death at the age of 78 was announced by the Belgrade Chess Federation on 17 August 2014.[8]
References
- http://www.chessdom.com/in-memoriam-dragoljub-ciric/ In Memoriam: GM Dragoljub Ćirić
- Web site: 1966 Olympiad, Havana. 2009-11-03.
- Web site: 1968 Olympiad, Lugano. 2009-11-03.
- Web site: 1961 European Team Championship, Oberhausen. 2009-11-03.
- Web site: 1965 European Team Championship, Hamburg. 2009-11-03.
- Web site: Sarajevo 1966. 2009-11-03.
- Web site: Sarajevo 1968. 2009-11-03.
- Web site: ИН МЕМОРИАМ . 17 August 2014 . www.beochess.rs . Belgrade Chess Federation . 21 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140822053726/http://www.beochess.rs/Proba-1.html . 22 August 2014 . dead .