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Country
  
Yugoslavia

Name
  
Dragoljub Ciric

Died
  
August 17, 2014, Serbia

Peak rating
  
2490

Title
  
Grandmaster

Role
  
Chess Player

FIDE rating
  
2276

Dragoljub Ciric
Full name
  
Dragoljub Miladin Ciric

Born
  
12 November 1935 Novi Sad, formerly Yugoslavia, now Serbia (
1935-11-12
)

Dragoljub Miladin Čirić (12 November 1935 – 17 August 2014) was a Serbian and former Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster.

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Background

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Čirić was born in Novi Sad in 1935. He gained the International Master title in 1961 and became a Grandmaster in 1965.

Notable team results

Čirić played for Yugoslavia in the Olympiads of 1966 and 1968. His results were:

  • 17th Chess Olympiad 1966 Havana – Čirić scored a perfect 8/8 playing as second reserve, and Yugoslavia finished 4th.
  • 18th Chess Olympiad 1968 Lugano – Čirić scored 5/7 and Yugoslavia finished 2nd, receiving silver medals.

    • 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.
  • 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.

    • Notable individual results

  • Chigorin Memorial 1965: 3rd (the winners were Wolfgang Unzicker and Boris Spassky)
  • Sarajevo 1966: 1st= 11/15 (with Mikhail Tal)
  • Hoogovens Beverwijk 1967: 3rd (the winner was Spassky)
  • Sarajevo 1968: 1st= 10/15 (with Anatoly Lein)

    • Death

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

    References

    Dragoljub Čirić Wikipedia
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