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| MidnightDuffer: "Together with the stronger, but less colorful Vidmar, he essentially founded chess in Yugoslavia." Maybe founded the Jugoslavijan Chess School is a more proper description. I wonder how true this statement is; when there exists the Cultural Ties between the Russians and Serbs and in general, the whole Slavic world; why do so many Bulgarians and for non-Slavic relations, Greeks, Romanians, Hungarians play chess? This would take expert opinions of course. |
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Mar-19-05
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| Karpova: <FHBradley: I seem to remember reading somewhere that the chess master Mirko Czentovic featuring in "Schachnovelle" by Stefan Zweig was modelled upon Bora Kostic. If so, he appears not to have been a very likeable person!> i once read that czentovic was either based on kostic or on rubinstein but both suggestion seem very unlikely to me.
if zweig had really based this character on either one of them he would have exposed himself as ignorant. rubinstein would have matched dr. b's description rather. |
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| Apr-03-05 |
| WTHarvey: Here are some wins and mates from Borislav's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/kosb.html |
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| Feb-24-06 |
| BIDMONFA: Borislav Kostic KOSTIC, Borislav
http://www.bidmonfa.com/kostic_bori...
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| Jun-20-07 |
| Petrosianic: How many games would have been in the Capablanca-Kostic match if it hadn't been resigned prematurely? |
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| Jun-21-07 |
| nescio: <Petrosianic: How many games would have been in the Capablanca-Kostic match if it hadn't been resigned prematurely?> Winter, in his chapter on Capa, in his book 'World Chess Champions'
(Pergamon 1981): "At New York, 1918, the Yugoslav master Boris Kostic(h) had managed to draw both his games (with Capa) and now had the temerity to challenge Capablanca to a match. There was a purse of 2500 dollars and the first to win eight games would be the winner." |
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| Jun-21-07 |
| Petrosianic: Whew. $2500 would be $32,000 in 2006 dollars. That's a lotta lettuce to risk in the first place. And then to quit early without trying to get at least one Capablanca scalp out of the deal... |
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Oct-21-07
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| Gypsy: <brankat: <Gypsy> You are probably familiar with Borislav Kostic biography. During his 5 (or 6) year world tour in the 1920s, he played, among other places, in the Himalayas and the Equator in the middle of Africa! You would not be contemplating something similar :-)> Cool! I knew of him as of a fine GM of his era, but did not know of his "wandering ways". What a great character he was! |
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| Feb-24-08 |
| popski: Oh, he passed away on today's day.
R.I.P. GM! |
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Feb-24-08
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| whiteshark: "...was one of the greatest travelers in chess history, circling the globe in the days before the beginning of commercial aviation." CHESS OLYMPIADS: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/ko...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borisl...
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Feb-24-08
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| ganso: Capablanca remarks that Kostic had memorized every master game that had been played in the last 25 years (this was in 1919, at the time of their match). Does any other source confirm this or mention Kostic's prodigious memory? Thanks. |
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| Feb-24-08 |
| popski: <ganso> That's quite possible since it's known that he was a very strong in a simultaneous blindfold chess. |
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| Feb-24-08 |
| slomarko: i doubt it. Kostic was a punching bag for Capablanca in their match. then he had all the interest to paint Kostic as exceptional. something on the lines of "he memorised every master game that had been played in the last 25 and yet i whitewashed him" |
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| Mar-12-08 |
| Potos: In later years, old Kostic used to say that he played with Capa 5:5. Means 5 draws and 5 defeats. He's got lot of homour.
And yes, it's true that he was an inspiration for Zweig, they travelled on the same ship to Argentina before the World War I. Anything else including bad characterizing of Czentovic was artist's freedom and imagination, book was writen more than 20 years later. |
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Mar-17-08
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| brankat: From wikipedia page: <At New York in 1916, he once played twenty opponents without sight of a board and won nineteen games and drew one, while engaging in polite conversation with opponents and spectators.> It has been a well known fact Kostic was possessed of a brilliant memory. Perhaps Capablanca exaggerated a little, but certainly not much. Kostic also played and won matches against Marshall, Showalter and Leonhardt. To be beaten convincingly by Capablanca was not a disgrace. Around that time, 1918-1921, everybody was Capa's victim, including Dr.Lasker. But prior to the match, Kostic drew Capa 5 in a row. Not many managed to do that either. Overall Kostic was exceptionally talented, not only chess-wise. Due to strong interests in various matters he never fully devoted himself to the study and practice of the game. Otherwise, he would have accomplished more. |
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Apr-06-08
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| nimh: I once read a funny anecdote about Kostic.
In a tournament, whilst having a difficult position, he went to WC and analyzed it there for half an hour altogether. |
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| Apr-06-08 |
| MichAdams: So what was the funny anecdote? |
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| Apr-16-08 |
| popski: <MichAdams: So what was the funny anecdote?> Kostic was a Kramnik's Great Precedessor. |
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May-11-08
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| brankat: At least Kostic did his own analysis. no help from Fritz or Rybka :-) |
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| Aug-05-08 |
| myschkin: . . .
"Verflixt, überall Kostic!"
Beim legendären Turnier in Bled 1931, wo Aljechin den glanzvollsten Sieg seiner Laufbahn errang, kam es zu einem peinlichen Zwischenfall. Die Partie B Kostic vs Kashdan, 1931 war in ein kompliziertes Endspiel übergegangen, wo ein amerikanischer Turm einen jugoslawischen Springer am Brettrand festgenagelt hatte und zu erobern drohte. Kostic jedoch zog sich für längere Zeit an einen Ort zurück, den selbst gekrönte Häupter zu Fuß aufsuchen müssen. Plötzlich breitete sich wie ein Lauffeuer im Turniersaal die Meldung aus, er sei dort überrascht worden, als er jene Kabine nicht zum vorgeschriebenen Zweck benutzte, sondern um mit Hilfe eines Taschenschachs seine laufende Partie zu analysieren! Die Turnierleitung scheute vor drakonischen Maßnahmen zurück. Sie verwarnte den Übeltäter, die Partie wurde fortgesetzt und endete schließlich mit Remis. Ein paar Runden später jedoch kam es zu einem lustigen Nachspiel! Als Tartakower das nämliche Örtchen aufsuchen wollte, fand er sämtliche Lokalitäten besetzt, rüttelte an den Türen und rief erbost: "Verflixt, überall Kostic!" |
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| Sep-07-08 |
| GrahamClayton: Kostic died after scratching his foot and contracting blood poisiong. Source: David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld "Oxford Companion to Chess", 2nd edition, OUP, 1992 |
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Sep-16-08
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| brankat: <myschkin> Thank You for this, and also for the posts on Dr.M.Vidmar page. Now, if I only understood German :-) <GrahamClayton> B.Kostic was already very ill, mostly due to pneumonia he got in 1962. |
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| Oct-06-08 |
| GrahamClayton: In 1916 Kostic played 30 games simultaneously blidfold, setting a new record. As the article quoted above states, Kostic spent the mid 1920's on a huge world tour, giving exhibitions in many different countries. His Australasian leg of the tour was from April to November 1924. He set a new Australian simultaneous exhibition record in Sydney in June of 60 boards (+42, -0, =18). Of the 1,850 simultaneous games that Kostic played during his Australian tour, he lost only 24. Kostic also played a short match against CG Watson, winning with a score of +2, -0, =2. Source: Anthony Wright, "Australian Chess - 1915 to 1930", Melbourne 1997 |
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Oct-06-08
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| brankat: A link to an article about B.Kostic, by a writer from his hometown, Vrsac, Serbia: http://chess.vrsac.com/vrsac/BoraKo... |
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Jan-27-09
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| Karpova: <GrahamClayton: In 1916 Kostic played 30 games simultaneously blidfold, setting a new record.> Are you sure about that? According to C.N. 5941 the first one to play 30 games simultaneously blindfolded was Koltanowski in Antwerp, 1930. In 1916 the record was Ogstrosky's 23-borad simul display at Moscow, 1904. And wikipedia says that Kostic played 20 games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borisl... (for sure, not the most reliable source. But Winter is quite reliable). |
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