Josip Rukavina Explained

Josip Rukavina
Country:	Croatia
Birth Date:	29 October 1942
International Master
Rating:	2384 (as of January 2021)
Fideid:	14500191

Josip Rukavina (born October 29, 1942) is a Croatian chess International Master.^[1] He played in the June 1973 Leningrad Interzonal tournament, intended to select a challenger to Bobby Fischer for the World Chess Championship 1975. Rukavina finished fifteenth out of eighteen players in total.^[2] Among his games in this tournament was one that he won against Viktor Korchnoi, who previously had a one-point lead, but subsequently ended up finishing the tournament tied with Anatoly Karpov.^[3] He also lost a game in the same tournament to Jan Smejkal.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rukavina, Josip FIDE Chess Profile . . 2019-06-01.
2. Web site: Leningrad Interzonal (1973) . . 2019-06-01.
3. Book: Soltis, Andrew . Andrew Soltis

   . Soviet Chess 1917-1991 . Andrew Soltis . 2016-04-07 . McFarland & Company. 9781476611235 . 315 . en.

4. News: Chess: Even the Leaders Can Slip (and Even the Also‐Rans Triumph) . 1973-06-21 . . 2019-06-01 . en-US . 0362-4331.