Svetozar Gligoric 1923-2012
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JustinHorton
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Svetozar Gligoric 1923-2012
Apparently he has, sadly, died.
"Do you play chess?"
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"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
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Christopher Kreuzer
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Re: Svetozar Gligoric 1923-2012
http://www.tanjug.rs/news/55050/chess-g ... c-dies.htm
http://www.soskanal.net/42238/in-memori ... 1923-2012/
http://voiceofserbia.org/content/svetozar-gligoric-died
http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/o ... -1923-2012
"Chess grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric died Tuesday in Belgrade at the age of 88. As Secretary General of the Chess Federation of Serbia Zoran Pekovic told Tanjug, Gligoric died in the Belgrade Emergency Center of the consequences of stroke."
Sad news. Has anyone here read his autobiography I Play Against Pieces?
http://www.soskanal.net/42238/in-memori ... 1923-2012/
http://voiceofserbia.org/content/svetozar-gligoric-died
http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/o ... -1923-2012
"Chess grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric died Tuesday in Belgrade at the age of 88. As Secretary General of the Chess Federation of Serbia Zoran Pekovic told Tanjug, Gligoric died in the Belgrade Emergency Center of the consequences of stroke."
Sad news. Has anyone here read his autobiography I Play Against Pieces?
Last edited by Christopher Kreuzer on Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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John Moore
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Re: Svetozar Gligoric 1923-2012
This is very sad. When I started to play, he was in the world's top ten and remained there or thereabouts for some years. You know that you are getting on when your chess (and other) heroes start to pass away.
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Re: Svetozar Gligoric 1923-2012
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JustinHorton
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Re: Svetozar Gligoric 1923-2012
I have a copy and read it a couple of years ago.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Sad news. Has anyone here read his autobiography I Play Against Pieces?
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."
lostontime.blogspot.com
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Matt Mackenzie
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Re: Svetozar Gligoric 1923-2012
Re the above post, he was 89 not 88. Was the second oldest living GM (after Averbakh)
A remarkable man - fought for Tito's Partisans as a youngster and remained very physically active (eg playing football) to an astonishing age.
A remarkable man - fought for Tito's Partisans as a youngster and remained very physically active (eg playing football) to an astonishing age.
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Ray Sayers
Re: Svetozar Gligoric 1923-2012
'Selected Chess Masterpieces' by Gligoric - the first chess book I truly loved.
Very sad to hear he has gone.
Very sad to hear he has gone.
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Re: Svetozar Gligoric 1923-2012
An RHP lad has just returned from Gligoric's funeral.
He said it was attended by the Serbian Prime Minister plus a few
surviving players from Gligoric's era and hundreds of chess lovers.
A brass band played American jazz.
Sadly today I was at Mark Sanderson's funeral which was held in Kirkcaldy
where a large selction of the Edinburgh club, approx 20 members and quite
a few junior players made the journey north.
Mark played us Pink Floyd.
Mark will be a great loss to the Edinburgh club and both are a sad loss to Chess.
He said it was attended by the Serbian Prime Minister plus a few
surviving players from Gligoric's era and hundreds of chess lovers.
A brass band played American jazz.
Sadly today I was at Mark Sanderson's funeral which was held in Kirkcaldy
where a large selction of the Edinburgh club, approx 20 members and quite
a few junior players made the journey north.
Mark played us Pink Floyd.
Mark will be a great loss to the Edinburgh club and both are a sad loss to Chess.
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Leonard Barden
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Re: Svetozar Gligoric 1923-2012
The Guardian's obituary of Svetozar Gligoric:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/au ... r-gligoric
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/au ... r-gligoric