chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

130 GLIGORIC
burst into 1ea6 alter naking a blLrndertotake rhe
move back: by losins this Aame GlisoriC iaiied to
qualify. but a sympathcric oreanizcr adnirled hin
to lhe linnl. Orphued around 1940, Gligorii was
takcn nrto thc house ot the president oI the
Belgrade chess cltrbwho larcr used hn inAuence lo
bave Gligo a remoled lrom thc frcnt during the
rvrr Neverihele\s he \av f.nln.frh!' i.ii!.
serlice as a parlisan and was twice decoraled for
He lirt bccamc widcly known in 1947 .flei
$inning atoumamenl at Wanawtwopoink ahcad
oi BorEsuesn, L. p CIMN. and sMtslo! who
Ncre busy watching each olher. I d ihe next33lears
he plared in ahoul 60 inlcrnalional lournamenls
and $on or shared lwelve lirsi prizes, otheNise
oflen taking a high place. His ben wins were
sh.red: Dalas 1957, category 12 (+4=9 1), with
Rlsr.vsRiSalajevo 1962 (+5=6) Nirh rcRrscn;
Belsrade 1969 (+6=8- l) witn ,vKov, MAru, ovt,
and po Luc^yEls(r . I Ie won outright atTorremolinos
1961 (+6=5), Belgr.de 1962 (+6=5), Reykjavik
r964 (+ll:l 1)- and Monlilla 1977
(+5=4). Oiher sood rcsurrs wcrc achicvcd at
zurich 1959, . second place (+9:4 2) aier,^L
ahcad ol nsdr.R lnd $R.s, and !t Bled 1961,
category 13, a score ol +7=11-1 10 share third
place wi$ Keres and pErRosv,\N alier Tal aDd
Gligoria plared in seven intcrzonal tournanen[
and becane a.^N!rD^r lhree rinres. ln 1952 hc
shared fifth place al tbe Saltsjdbaden inreronal,
Dut made littlc inpressio! i. the lotlowing Candi
dates tournanenl. h l95E he took sccond place
(+8=10 2) alter ral in the Portoroi intezonal.
and sharcd 6ftt place N h FrscBER in ihe Candi
daies tournanrenr olrhc folloqing year ln 1967he
came second (+7:14) equar sith {rnrrx and
rcRcrNor at sou$e. and rhen lost the candidares
quarteFfinal malch to Tal.
The besl Yusosla! ptaycr loi ahout 20 years
Aom 1951, Gligoriasonor shared6stplace in the
nadooal chanpionship ll tines lrom 1947ro 1965,
and played ifl 14 Olympiads (1950J,1, 1978)i he
played on fiEl boa.d o. allbulonc occasion (1951)
and led his ountry to victory in 1950 shcn thc
Olympiad Nas held at Dubrolniki and ar Munich in
1958 he madc thc hesl n6t bo.rd $ore (+9=6).
His thoroughly prolessioDal srvlc is based on
syslenatic study and sell-discipline. Earl, h hh
carccr he decided lo play the nNGs rNDr^N
DETENCL and thc srcrLrAN DDTDNCE, both oi which
he studied inrensively aod to which hc contributed
many 6es ideasr his eipert undeBtanding olthese
delences matcrially aided his success. He also
Brnes aboul the gane, and in 1952 published.l0,
Partija Sretozara Glieonio His best-knosn book
is rn.l.. ! .tpdity (1972); ihe English-language
edition (orirhich 200,000 copies were sold) wason
sale three days after the end oltnc chamlionship
match, and a iew weeks later Fren.h, Gennan.
Spanhh, and Portueuese edidons were published.
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D. Le\r. Svao.ar Alikoril s Chesr Career 1915 70
(1972) contains 63 gamcs and biography
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GOLOMBDK,HARRY(1911 ).Englishplayei
andauthor, lnternltionll Nlastcr(1950),lntcrnarional
Arbitcr (1956). In 1945 Golonbek becane
chess corespondent oI lrd Im?r, and aboul a
year later decided ro be@me a prolcssional
chess plalcr. Hc won the British Chanpionship
thrcc tinres (19,17, 19.19, 1955J and played in nine
Olympiads fron 1935 lo 1!62. An experienccd
arbner and a good linguisl, supcnisor of man,
inponanr lournanrcnts and nratches. he served Ior
:10 ycarc on the FIDL Comnission tbat makes,
imends, and arbitrates upon the laws ind rulesol
chess His m.ny books include Cdpdbld,.d's
Eundred Rest Gdh$ (1947). Th. wottd chds
Chan?ioftthi? 194811919). RAis B?st Can6 al
Cr,ss (195,1). and,4 Ed,on,f Chess (1976\.
(]OOD COMPANION CI'ESS PROBLEM CLfIT.
. club fonndcd i0 1913 b, James Fmncis Magee
(1867 1955) ol Philadelphia. Good CoBpanion
sas his tanslation oiBoNUs socrus.lhc namc ofa
nedieval nanuscripl containing many problems.
Cluh mcmber usually met Nice a month to t.ke
part in solving toumeys. Several speci.l tourneys
Bere afanEed so lhal compctitos thc world over
couldparlicipaie,solvingintbeirownlocalities.To
obtain a plentilul supply oI No MovEns lbr its
solvers the cluborganized corlosing tounrcys: for
these and the lostcring of new problem ideas lhe
club be.ame fanous. ConposeB from many
.ountriesjoined and in the 1920s there were about
600 nembeis, the most disliDgunhcd ot whom
CUIDELLI. ADd M^NSTTLD, TCN
times a year the club issued a magazine devoted