- Stojan Puc
Stojan Puc (born
9 April 1921 - died2004 ) was a Slovenianchess master.He won four times
Slovenian Chess Championship (1954 (joint), 1958, 1965 (joint), and 1967).He tied for 5-6th at Ljubljana ("Liberation") 1945/46 (
Svetozar Gligorić won); shared 8th at Zagreb 1946 (YUG-ch,Petar Trifunović won); [ [http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site ] ] took 2nd at Rogaška Slatina 1948; shared 1st withJan Foltys at Vienna 1949 (Schlechter Memorial ); [ [http://members.chello.at/snoopy99/hietzing75/turniere/tur_schlechter.htm 75 Jahre Schachklub Hietzing Wien 1921-1996 ] ] took 14th at Bled 1950 (Miguel Najdorf won); [ [http://rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2021.htm 1950 ] ] won at Dortmund 1951; took 19th at Belgrad 1952 (Herman Pilnik won); [ [http://www.thechesslibrary.com/files/1952Belgrade.htm BELGRA52 ] ] tied for 2nd-4th at Krynica 1956 (Borislav Milić won); tied for 2nd-5th at Portorož 1957; shared 1st withLuděk Pachman at Sarajevo 1960; tied for 7-8th at Ljubljana 1969 (1stVidmar Memorial ,Albin Planinc won) and tied for 17-18th at Ljubljana / Portorož 1973 (2nd Vidmar Memorial,Lajos Portisch won). [ [http://www.sah-zveza.si/mv12/mvarc.html dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial Tournaments ] ]Puc played for Yugoslavia at second reserve board (+1 -1 =0) in the 9th
Chess Olympiad at Dubrovnik 1950. He won team gold medal. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1950/1950in.html OlimpBase :: 9th Chess Olympiad, Dubrovnik 1950, information ] ]He was awarded the IM title in 1950, and an Honorary Grandmaster title in 1984.
His name is attached to the Puc Variation in the
Nimzowitsch Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c6). [Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). "Szachy od A do Z". Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]External links
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=17402
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