Dragoljub Čirić

Dragoljub Čirić
Full name	Dragoljub Miladin Čirić
Country	Yugoslavia
Born	November 12, 1935 (1935-11-12) (age 76) Novi Sad, formerly Yugoslavia, now Serbia
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2276 (September 2009)[1]
Peak rating	2490 (July 1971)

Dragoljub Miladin Čirić (born 12 November 1935) in Novi Sad) is a former Yugoslavian, now Serbian, chess Grandmaster.

Background

Čirić gained the title of International Master in 1961 and became a Grandmaster in 1965.^[1]

Chessmetrics gives his highest rating as 2640 in July 1968, which places him 37th in the world at that time.^[2]

He is still rated by the international chess federation FIDE, with a rating in September 2009 of 2276.

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.^[3]
• 18th Chess Olympiad 1968 Lugano - Čirić scored 5/7 and Yugoslavia finished 2nd, receiving silver medals.^[4]

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.^[5]
• 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.^[6]

Notable individual results

• Chigorin Memorial 1965: 3rd (the winners were Wolfgang Unzicker and Boris Spassky)
• Sarajevo 1966: 1st= 11/15 (with Mikhail Tal)^[7]
• Hoogovens Beverwijk 1967: 3rd (the winner was Spassky)
• Sarajevo 1968: 1st= 10/15 (with Anatoly Lein)^[8]

References

This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2009-11-03 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

1. ^ ^{a b} "FIDE ratings card". http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=901431. Retrieved 2 November 2009. 
2. ^ "Chessmetrics rating card". http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S023116000000111000000000003810100. Retrieved 11 October 2009. 
3. ^ "1966 Olympiad, Havana". http://www.olimpbase.org/1966/1966yug.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
4. ^ "1968 Olympiad, Lugano". http://www.olimpbase.org/1968/1968yug.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
5. ^ "1961 European Team Championship, Oberhausen". http://www.olimpbase.org/1961e/1961yug.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
6. ^ "1965 European Team Championship, Hamburg". http://www.olimpbase.org/1965e/1965yug.html. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
7. ^ "Sarajevo 1966". http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1966Sarajevo.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 
8. ^ "Sarajevo 1968". http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1968Sarajevo.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-03. 

External links

• Dragoljub Čirić player profile at ChessGames.com
• FIDE rating card for Dragoljub Čirić

Persondata
Name	Ciric, Dragoljub
Alternative names
Short description	Chess Grandmaster
Date of birth	1935-11-12
Place of birth	Novi Sad, formerly Yugoslavia, now Serbia
Date of death
Place of death