Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
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Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
Serbia Chess is reporting that GM Milan Matulovic, a controversial figure in the 60s and 70s, has died after a long illness.
http://www.serbiachess.net/ gives the report: the English version gives you an error message but you can copy the text into Google Translate should you wish.
More about Matulovic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Matulovi%C4%87
http://www.serbiachess.net/ gives the report: the English version gives you an error message but you can copy the text into Google Translate should you wish.
More about Matulovic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Matulovi%C4%87
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
And in the Chess Addict books. His line about "only a Bosnian" when he was put in the slammer for the car accident didn't become chilling until the second edition of the Fox and James title.Richard James wrote: More about Matulovic:
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
I preferred to avoid the blatant self-publicity.Roger de Coverly wrote:And in the Chess Addict books. His line about "only a Bosnian" when he was put in the slammer for the car accident didn't become chilling until the second edition of the Fox and James title.Richard James wrote: More about Matulovic:
Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
I remember this guy from Birmingham (1975). But what a complete sh!t.
As Nigel Short said (on F/b), on hearing the news:
"They say only speak good of the dead. He's dead? Good!"
As Nigel Short said (on F/b), on hearing the news:
"They say only speak good of the dead. He's dead? Good!"
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
He has achieved immortality, but not in the way that he would have wished. Long after his name has faded from living memory, the nickname of "J'adoubovic", will last forever.
Sadly, not missed by most of his fellow grandmasters. Let him R.I.P.
Sadly, not missed by most of his fellow grandmasters. Let him R.I.P.
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
Also gained a bit of a reputation for playing on in ridiculously lost positions when he felt affronted in some way.
(there are a few examples in early Informators, IIRC)
Still, nobody is all bad - and in his defence he seemed to mellow in old age. As others have said, RIP.
(there are a few examples in early Informators, IIRC)
Still, nobody is all bad - and in his defence he seemed to mellow in old age. As others have said, RIP.
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
Matt, think it used to be said that Matulovic liked to adjourn his lost positions. This meant that his score would show as, for example, 4/7 with 4 adjourned rather than 4/11!
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
Of course, that was in the bad old days when we had adjournments !John Moore wrote:Matt, think it used to be said that Matulovic liked to adjourn his lost positions. This meant that his score would show as, for example, 4/7 with 4 adjourned rather than 4/11!
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
Did he actually say that or it's some kind of sick joke?David Robertson wrote:As Nigel Short said (on F/b), on hearing the news:
"They say only speak good of the dead. He's dead? Good!"
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
Nigel is direct as always.
Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
It's correctly quoted. I gave some thought to whether I should have quoted it at all. It was a close call. But I found the comment amusing - as acerbic comments in poor taste often can be if we're honest - certainly not 'sick'. On balance, I'd guess Nigel sums things up pretty well, albeit brutally.Paolo Casaschi wrote:Did he actually say that or it's some kind of sick joke?
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.c ... -week.htmlPaolo Casaschi wrote:Did he actually say that or it's some kind of sick joke?David Robertson wrote:As Nigel Short said (on F/b), on hearing the news:
"They say only speak good of the dead. He's dead? Good!"
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
It is truly extraordinary, that the Editor of the Sunday Telegraph permitted those highly inflammatory comments to be published.Neil Graham wrote:http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.c ... -week.htmlPaolo Casaschi wrote:Did he actually say that or it's some kind of sick joke?David Robertson wrote:As Nigel Short said (on F/b), on hearing the news:
"They say only speak good of the dead. He's dead? Good!"
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Re: Milan Matulovic (1935-2013)
Gordon Cadden wrote:It is truly extraordinary, that the Editor of the Sunday Telegraph permitted those highly inflammatory comments to be published.Neil Graham wrote:
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.c ... -week.html
Not when you consider who the Editor was.
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