SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
The recent passing of the legendary
Svetozar Gligoric (
born Belgrade 1923) earlier in August has awakened much interest in the LIFE of
Gliga (as he is affectionately called to those who admired him) and brought forward many old photos and stories of his path thru life. I am especially grateful to the excellent website
Irish Chess Union for publishing photos of the 1957 zonal in Dublin. And of course to Joe Keenan and John Shearan for the photos themselves!
BUT FIRST, some photos of the
funeral of Gligoric, courtesy of the Serbian Chess Federation website.
Final resting place
Funeral Procession
I only recognize my friend Branco Damljanovic above (with grey shirt)
More photos can be found at the link given above
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1957 Dublin Zonal
The 1957 Zonal in Dublin was played between May 11 and June 1st. A gruelling 18-player round robin, very typical of the zonals in those days. And quite strong considering that IM Joaquim Durao (Portugal) could only finish 14th. Pachman was the convincing winner, followed by Gligoric and Benko. The tournament served as a qualification event to the Interzonal which was held the following year, and –if my readers are history buffs–they should know that this would be the beginning of Bobby Fischer’s path to the world championship.
You can downoad all of the games (pgn)here
click on photos to enlarge
Here is a short collection of Gligoric’s games from Dublin
[Event “Zt”]
[Site “Dublin (Ireland)”]
[Date “1957”]
[Round “16”]
[White “Gligoric Svetozar “]
[Black “Benko Pal C “]
[Result “1-0”]
[Eco “B32”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6
8. Qd1 Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd2 Qg6 12. f3 d6 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Kb1
Bb7 15. g4 f6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. Qe6 Qe8 20. Qxe8+
Rxe8 21. c4 b4 22. h4 Rb8 23. Rh2 Nd8 24. Be3 Nf7 25. Rhd2 Rc7 26. c5 dxc5
27. Rd7 Rbc8 28. Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxf7 Rb8 30. Rxb7 1-0
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[Event “Zt”]
[Site “Dublin (Ireland)”]
[Date “1957”]
[Round “13”]
[White “Walther Edgar (SUI)”]
[Black “Gligoric Svetozar “]
[Result “0-1”]
[Eco “A24”]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. h3 c6 8. d4
e4 9. Ne1 d5 10. Nc2 Be6 11. c5 Qc8 12. Kh2 Nh5 13. f4 f5 14. e3 b6 15. b4
bxc5 16. bxc5 Nd7 17. Bd2 Ndf6 18. Rg1 Bh6 19. Bf1 g5 20. Nb4 a5 21. Nc2 Kh8
22. Na4 Qc7 23. Be2 Bf7 24. Qf1 Rg8 25. Qf2 Rg7 26. Rg2 Rag8 27. Rag1 Nd7 28.
Kh1 Nf8 29. Bxh5 Bxh5 30. g4 Be8 31. h4 gxf4 32. g5 f3 33. Rh2 Rg6 34. Qe1
Ne6 35. Bxa5 Qa7 36. Nb6 Bf8 37. a4 R6g7 38. Bd2 h6 39. Qg3 Qc7 40. Qxc7 Rxc7
41. Be1 Bh5 42. Bf2 f4 43. Ra1 Rh7 44. exf4 Nxf4 45. a5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rxg5
47. a6 Rg2 48. a7 Rxh2+ 49. Kxh2 Ne2 50. Bh4 Bf7 51. Kh3 Be6+ 0-1
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[Event “Zt”]
[Site “Dublin (Ireland)”]
[Date “1957”]
[Round “10”]
[White “Gligoric Svetozar “]
[Black “Alexander Conel H O’D (ENG)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[Eco “C43”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. c3 Re8 14. Nd4
Nf8 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Qd7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qe7 19. Qg3 Bd7 20. f4 c5
21. Nf3 f5 22. Bc2 Kh8 23. Rad1 Bc6 24. Ng5 Ne6 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Rd2 a5 27.
Bd1 Rad8 28. Bf3 Rd7 29. Qf2 b6 30. h3 Red8 31. Qh4 Rf8 32. Kh2 Rg7 33. Qg5
Rd7 34. Red1 Kg7 35. Qh4 h5 36. Qg5 Kh7 37. Re1 Re8 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Kg8
40. Kg3 Rh7 41. c4 fxg4 42. Bxg4 1-0
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[Event “Zt”]
[Site “Dublin (Ireland)”]
[Date “1957”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Gligoric Svetozar “]
[Black “Conrady Alphonse (LUX)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[Eco “B68”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. Bh4
a5 15. Kb1 Rb8 16. g4 Nb4 17. a3 Rc8 18. Qb3 Nd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Qe3 Qc7
21. Nd4 Kd8 22. Bd3 Rb8 23. Re1 Re8 24. Bf5 Qb6 25. Qc3 Qc5 26. Qd3 Qb6 27.
b3 Qc5 28. Kb2 a4 29. Bf2 Qc7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Qa6 Rc8 32. Qa5+ Rc7 33. Nb5
f5 34. g5 h6 35. Nxc7 Qxc7 36. Bb6 1-0
document.getElementById(“cwvpd_1346634352”).value=document.getElementById(“cwvpg_1346634352”).innerHTML;document.getElementById(“cwvfm_1346634352”).submit();
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[Event “Zt”]
[Site “Dublin (Ireland)”]
[Date “1957”]
[Round “5”]
[White “Durao Joaquim (POR)”]
[Black “Gligoric Svetozar “]
[Result “0-1”]
[Eco “B92”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. a4 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nd2
Rc5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nb3 Rc4 18. Rd3 Rc8 19. Re1 Bf8 20. Qf3
Qf7 21. g3 Qe8 22. Kg2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Na1 b4 25. Nb1 R4c7 26. Nd2 Ra8
27. c3 Ra2 28. Nc2 Rxb2 29. Nxb4 Qb5 30. Ra1 Rf7 31. Qe2 d5 32. exd5 exd5 33.
Re3 Qb7 34. Rxe5 d4+ 35. Qf3 Rxd2 36. Qxb7 Rxb7 37. Ra8 dxc3 38. Na6 c2 0-1
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