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:

Notable individual results

Death

His death at the age of 78 was announced by the Belgrade Chess Federation on 17 August 2014.[8]

References

  1. http://www.chessdom.com/in-memoriam-dragoljub-ciric/ In Memoriam: GM Dragoljub Ćirić
  2. Web site: 1966 Olympiad, Havana. 2009-11-03.
  3. Web site: 1968 Olympiad, Lugano. 2009-11-03.
  4. Web site: 1961 European Team Championship, Oberhausen. 2009-11-03.
  5. Web site: 1965 European Team Championship, Hamburg. 2009-11-03.
  6. Web site: Sarajevo 1966. 2009-11-03.
  7. Web site: Sarajevo 1968. 2009-11-03.
  8. 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 .