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Borislav Ivkov

1933 - 2022

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Borislav Ivkov (12 November 1933 – 14 February 2022) was a Serbian chess Grandmaster, three-time Yugoslav Champion (1958, 1964, 1972), the first World Junior Champion (1951), and one of the most decorated players in the history of Chess Olympiad. He was a World championship candidate in 1965 and played in four more Interzonal tournaments in 1967, 1970, 1973 and 1979. He represented Yugoslavia 12 times in Olympiad competition, from 1956 to 1980, and six times in European Team Championships. Ivkov won numerous top-class events during his career; notable tournament triumphs include Mar del Plata 1955, Buenos Aires 1955, Beverwijk 1961, Zagreb 1965, Sarajevo 1967, Amsterdam-IBM 1974, and Moscow 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Borislav Ivkov is the 41st most popular chess player (up from 137th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 266th in 2019) and the most popular Serbian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Borislav Ivkov ranks 41 out of 461. Before him are Susan Polgár, Vassily Ivanchuk, Savielly Tartakower, Friðrik Ólafsson, Bent Larsen, and Vlastimil Hort. After him are Robert Hübner, Lyudmila Rudenko, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Alexander McDonnell, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, and Jan Timman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Borislav Ivkov ranks 122. Before him are Najah al-Attar, Miloš Milutinović, Narriman Sadek, Jeremy Brett, Manu Dibango, and David Hamilton. After him are Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Otto Barić, Will Sampson, Wayne Shorter, György Konrád, and Neale Fraser. Among people deceased in 2022, Borislav Ivkov ranks 103. Before him are Javier Marías, Toshiki Kaifu, Patrick Tambay, David Warner, Jürgen Grabowski, and Valeri Polyakov. After him are Paula Rego, A. B. Yehoshua, Coolio, Don L. Lind, Mario Terán, and Gal Costa.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Borislav Ivkov ranks 94 out of 661. Before him are Ivo Pogorelić (1958), Miloš Milutinović (1933), Šaban Šaulić (1951), Željko Obradović (1960), Nadežda Petrović (1873), and Rajko Mitić (1922). After him are Dušan Ivković (1943), Nikolaj Velimirović (1880), Miki Manojlović (1950), Beba Lončar (1943), Velibor Vasović (1939), and Koča Popović (1908).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Serbia

Among chess players born in Serbia, Borislav Ivkov ranks 1. After him are Svetozar Gligorić (1923), Ljubomir Ljubojević (1950), Peter Leko (1979), Boris Kostić (1887), Boško Abramović (1951), Milunka Lazarević (1932), Aleksandar Matanović (1930), and Andrija Fuderer (1931).

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