- Albin Planinc
Albin Planinc (Planinec) (born 18 April 1944, Briše) a Slovenian chess master.
Planinc won the Slovenian youth championship in 1962. He also won
Slovenian Chess Championship in 1968 and 1971.His great victory was the first
Vidmar Memorial at Ljubljana 1969. [ [http://www.sah-zveza.si/mv12/mvarc.html dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial Tournaments ] ] He tied for 2nd-4th at Čačak 1969, won at Varna 1970, shared 1st at Čačak 1970, took 9th at Vrsac (Kostić Memorial,Henrique Mecking won), tied for 2nd-3rd at Skopje 1971, shared 1st withTigran Petrosian at Amsterdam 1973, tied for 3rd-5th at Wijk am Zee 1974 (Corus chess tournament ,Walter Browne won), took 6th at Hastings 1974/75 (Hastings International Chess Congress ,Vlastimil Hort won), tied for 2nd-3rd at Štip 1978, and took 12th at Polanica Zdrój 1979 (17th Rubinstein Memorial). [ [http://www.endgame.nl/planinc.htm Albin Planinc ] ]He was awarded the GM title in 1972.
Planinc played at fourth board (+9 –1 =5) for Yugoslavia in the 21st
Chess Olympiad at Nice 1974. He won team silver medal. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1974/1974in.html OlimpBase :: 21st Chess Olympiad, Nice 1974, information ] ]In 1993, he changed his last name to Planinec.
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External links
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=17987
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