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Jul-03-07
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| brankat: <paulalbert> I thank You Sir for the above post. Much appreciated! Of course, the downside is, I now have to fork out the money for the book :-) Btw, a very impressive Profile!
I see You have not opened a Forum. I suppose it is due to various other obligations and an "intensely anti-Chess wife" :-) Should You find time in the future, I'm sure it'd be a great place for a lot of CG.com members to meet. All the best, Branko. |
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| Aug-21-07 |
| parisattack: <brankat> I think Play Against the Pieces one of the best chess books out in last 10-15 years. I like Gligo's annotations a great deal, find them instructive. As a player his focus was fairly clear - "Its the Center, Stupid." Look at his choice of openings - He always wanted a piece of the center. He was certainly a purist and that probably kept him from rising higher - his limited opening rep is usually mentioned. He made strong contributions to the KI, especially the Mar Del Plata which I think he more or less discovered - and the Grunfeld. Very principled player - he didn't avoid playing against the Nimzo-Indian (like everyone does now) because he was sure 3. Nc3 the correct move. |
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Aug-21-07
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| brankat: <parisattack> I got the book from the library last week! A great work. Yes, he has always been principled, both, as a player and as a person. I had a good fortune of meeting him on several occasions, first time in Bled 1961, when I was only ten :-) Played him in a simul in 1977, and squeezed a Draw! Botvinnik called him "..a great explorer". Gligoric did make important contributions not only to KI and Gruenfeld, but also to Nimzo-Indian (Gligoric system), Ruy Lopez and QGD-Slav. Probably others, too. His Biography on this page is more than sketchy, doesn't do him justice. Since his appearance on the international scene in Warsaw 1947, he remained amongst a dozen best players for at least some thirty years. Few other masters can claim as much. |
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Aug-29-07
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| brankat: Maybe I'll try to put together some data for a more comprehensive Bio, and post it here. |
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| Sep-01-07 |
| mcgee: he always strikes me as being one of those people capable of playing good chess at an advanced age primarily because he loves the game and is a natural optimist (like Najdorf and Korchnoi) |
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Sep-01-07
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| talisman: AND...he beat fischer 4 times. |
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| Sep-02-07 |
| parisattack: <Brankat> I missed Gligo when he played a simul here in Colorado around 1977. I did hear that he was quite a gentleman; old world, not many if any of those around these days and - IMHO - that's a shame. Please share whatever bio materials you assemble. The only English language books I know: Selected Chess Masterpieces (Gligo)[these are his Chess Review columns]; Svetozar Gligoric Collected Games, Leach; The Chess of Gligoric, Levy; I Play Against the Piece, Gligoric. He also penned, Shall We Play Fischerandom Chess. |
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Sep-02-07
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| brankat: <parisattack> I read Levy's book, and just recently "I play against the pieces". I also of have Gligoric's early works in Serbian/Croatian; "The Sicilian Defense" Vol. II (with 2...Nc6), 1961, and "The Orthodox defense of QGD", late '40s or early 1950s. Some "anecdotal" material I have more or less prepared, and I'll post it here tonight or tomorrow. |
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| Sep-02-07 |
| parisattack: <brankat> I look forward to your post! The Leach book has quite a few games - close to 400 - but no bio. :( I believe the one of the Russian Black series has a Gligo volume but mine are stored away, so not certain. |
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Nov-07-07
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| Karpova: <USSR – Yugoslavia: a nostalgic match
XXII friendly match of the two countries, no longer existing, will take place in Moscow on November 8th-9th. Teams consist of eight men and two ladies. Team USSR: V.Korchnoi, Yu.Averbakh, M.Taimanov, E.Vasiukov, Yu.Balashov, I.Zaitsev, V.Vorotnikov, A.Machulsky, L.Zaitseva and E.Fatalibekova. Team Yugoslavia: S.Gligoric, D.Velimirovic, A.Matanovic, B.Ivkov, M.Matulovic, B.Ivanovic, N.Karaklajic, M.Bertok, M.Lazarevic and K.Blagojevic (Jovanovic). The match is devoted to the 50th anniversary of the first friendly match of the teams held in Belgrade in 1956. Of the present competitors, seven played in that match: Korchnoi, Averbakh, Taimanov, Gligoric, Matanovic, Ivkov and Karaklajic. Round 1 will begin in the Central Chessplayer's House at 11:00 Moscow time.>
http://www.e3e5.com/?lang=1
http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php... |
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Nov-08-07
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| Karpova: The "USSR" won the first round with 6-4 against "Yugoslavia": S. Gligoric 0 1 V. Kortchnoi
B. Ivkov 1/2 1/2 E. Vasiukov
А. Мatanovic 1/2 1/2 M. Taimanov
D. Velimirovic 1 0 Yu. Balashov
N. Karaklaich 1/2 1/2 I. Zaitsev
S. Vlahovic 1/2 1/2 Yu. Averbakh
Z. Spasojevic 1/2 1/2 V. Vorotnikov
A. Savich 1/2 1/2 A. Machulsky
M. Lazarevic 0 1 E. Fatalibekova
10 K. Blagojevic 0 1 L. Zaitseva
http://www.chessmoscow.ru/index.php... |
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Nov-08-07
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| Open Defence: wow nice idea... i wonder how Korchnoi feels to be in Moscow... did he return / visit to Russia any time before this? |
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Nov-08-07
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| whiteshark: <OD> Korchnoi vs K Garagulya, 2001 Korchnoi vs Khalifman, 2007
I guess there are some more events...8) |
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| Dec-13-07 |
| jmi: An interview with Gligoric:
http://www.europe-echecs.com/articl... |
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| Dec-13-07 |
| parisattack: <jmi: An interview with Gligoric: > Thanks much for that. Gligo looks pretty frisky! |
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Dec-14-07
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| brankat: <jmi> Thank You so much for the link. Yes, Gligoric will be 85 in February, and still seems to be in good shape. Last time I saw him was during a simul in 1977. Wow! How time flies :-) |
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Jan-25-08
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| brankat: There has been some talk of Gligoric taking a trip to Iceland to do a series of shows/interviews regarding B.Fischer. Does anyone knows anything about it? |
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Feb-02-08
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| brankat: Eighty-five years young! Happy Birthday Gligo, my friend! |
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Feb-02-08
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| Gypsy: Happy Birthday, Gligo! |
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Feb-02-08
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| talisman: happy b'day! one of the first and best chess books i ever read..72 match.have many more! |
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Feb-02-08
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| paulalbert: Gligoric is one of the class acts of chess, a brilliant player as well as a highly cultured and educated man. I regret that I never had a chance to meet him. For a long time he was a close friend of Bobby Fischer, in some ways a surrogate father being 20 years older than Bobby. Unfortunately, Bobby being Bobby, I suppose that much of the sound advice given by Gligoric to Bobby that I'm sure was proferred was not accepted by Bobby. It's too bad. Paul Albert |
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Feb-02-08
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| Open Defence: Happy Birthday Mr Gligoric, thank you for the fine chess |
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Feb-06-08
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| Karpova: Tribute by Josip Asik:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
<The living chess legend was warmly welcomed by many chess lovers who came to show him their gratitude and respect. Svetozar Gligorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Глигорић) was born in Belgrade on February 2, 1923, and won the Yugoslav championship eleven times. He earned twelve Chess Olympiad medals, starting with Gold in Dubrovnik 1950 and totalling one gold, six silver and five bronze. He won six medals (5 silver, one bronze) in European championships, the last in 1983. During three decades after II World war he was candidate for World Championship title and one of the best players outside the Soviet Union.> GM Ivan Ivanisevic won the 85-player tribute tournament. |
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Feb-06-08
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| ketchuplover: Happy belated birthday Svetozar :) |
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Feb-07-08
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| brankat: <Karpova> Thank You for the link. The tribute was really a nice gesture, a well deserved one, too. |
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