Dragoljub Čirić

Dragoljub Miladin Čirić (12 November 1935 – 17 August 2014) was a Serbian chess grandmaster.

Dragoljub Čirić
Čirić at the Hoogovens tournament, 1968
Full name	Dragoljub Miladin Čirić
Country	Yugoslavia
Born	12 November 1935 Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Died	17 August 2014 (aged 78)
Title	Grandmaster (1965)
Peak rating	2490 (July 1971)

Background

Čirić was born in Novi Sad in 1935. He gained the International Master title in 1961 and became a Grandmaster in 1965.[1]

Notable team results

Čirić played for Yugoslavia in the Olympiads of 1966 and 1968. His results were:

• 17th Chess Olympiad 1966 Havana – Čirić scored a perfect 8/8 playing as second reserve, and Yugoslavia finished 4th.[2]
• 18th Chess Olympiad 1968 Lugano – Čirić scored 5/7 and Yugoslavia finished 2nd, receiving silver medals.[3]

Čirić also played in the European Team Chess Championship twice, in 1961 and 1965. His results were as follows:

• 2nd European Team Championship 1961 Oberhausen – Čirić scored 6½/9 on board 7, receiving an individual gold medal. Yugoslavia finished 2nd (behind USSR) receiving silver medals.[4]
• 3rd European Team Championship 1965 Hamburg – Čirić scored 4/8 on board 9, receiving an individual silver medal. Yugoslavia again finished 2nd behind USSR for team silver.[5]

Notable individual results

• Chigorin Memorial 1965: 3rd (the winners were Wolfgang Unzicker and Boris Spassky)
• Sarajevo 1966: 1st= 11/15 (with Mikhail Tal)[6]
• Hoogovens Beverwijk 1967: 3rd (the winner was Spassky)
• Sarajevo 1968: 1st= 10/15 (with Anatoly Lein)[7]

Death

His death at the age of 78 was announced by the Belgrade Chess Federation on 17 August 2014.[8]

References

1. In Memoriam: GM Dragoljub Ćirić Chessdom
2. "1966 Olympiad, Havana". Retrieved 2009-11-03.
3. "1968 Olympiad, Lugano". Retrieved 2009-11-03.
4. "1961 European Team Championship, Oberhausen". Retrieved 2009-11-03.
5. "1965 European Team Championship, Hamburg". Retrieved 2009-11-03.
6. "Sarajevo 1966". Retrieved 2009-11-03.
7. "Sarajevo 1968". Retrieved 2009-11-03.
8. "ИН МЕМОРИАМ". www.beochess.rs. Belgrade Chess Federation. 17 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

External links

• Dragoljub Čirić player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Dragoljub Čirić rating card at FIDE