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Krunoslav Hulak
Number of games in database: 482
Years covered: 1969 to 2011
Last FIDE rating: 2484
Highest rating achieved in database: 2566
Overall record: +143 -142 =197 (50.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (26)      D02 E00 A46 E10 A40  King's Indian (21)      E62 E60 E67 E92 E64  Sicilian (16)      B92 B82 B22 B30 B25  King's Indian Attack (12)      A07  English (11)      A13 A15 A14  Ruy Lopez (11)      C96 C88 C70 C89 C85	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (106)      B42 B22 B43 B40 B47  Queen's Pawn Game (27)      A46 E00 A40 E10 A45  Modern Benoni (22)      A61 A67 A62 A73 A71  Sicilian Kan (22)      B42 B43  Sicilian Najdorf (17)      B90 B92 B97 B99 B93  Sicilian Scheveningen (16)      B80 B83 B84 B81 B82

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   A Planinc vs K Hulak, 1977 0-1
   K Hulak vs D Rogic, 2005 1-0
   K Hulak vs Barlov, 1987 1/2-1/2
   Adorjan vs K Hulak, 1977 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Amsterdam IBM 1977 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee 1983 by EmperorAtahualpa

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KRUNOSLAV HULAK (born May-25-1951) Yugoslavia (citizen of Croatia) [what is this?] Krunoslav Hulak was born in Osijek, Yugoslavia (Croatia). Awarded the IM title in 1974 and the GM title in 1976, he was Yugoslav champion in 1976. He played on several Yugoslav Olympiad teams and in tournaments was 1st at Varna 1974, 2nd at Zagreb 1985, 1st at Wijk aan Zee 1986 and 1st= at Banja Luka 1987. In 2005, he won the Croatian championship. Wikipedia article: Krunoslav Hulak

page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 482  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. K Hulak vs Romanishin   0-1 35 1969 URS-JUG m U18 B32 Sicilian 2. K Hulak vs J Doery   ½-½ 42 1970 Varna Juniors 2th C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 3. K Hulak vs I Biriescu   1-0 33 1970 Varna Juniors 2th C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 4. Tal vs K Hulak 1-0 41 1974 Novi Sad B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 5. K Hulak vs Portisch   0-1 36 1975 Budapest B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 6. K Hulak vs Smejkal   ½-½ 20 1975 Budapest Tungsram C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 7. V Kovacevic vs K Hulak   ½-½ 44 1975 Rovinj/Zagreb A45 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Polugaevsky vs K Hulak 1-0 52 1975 Budapest Tungsran A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O 9. Minic vs K Hulak   0-1 60 1975 Rovinj/Zagreb B40 Sicilian 10. Matulovic vs K Hulak   0-1 55 1975 Rovinj/Zagreb B44 Sicilian 11. Tringov vs K Hulak   1-0 29 1975 Rovinj/Zagreb B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 12. Ljubojevic vs K Hulak   0-1 39 1975 Rovinj B40 Sicilian 13. K Hulak vs A Planinc   1-0 75 1975 Rovinj/Zagreb B08 Pirc, Classical 14. K Hulak vs Chekhov   1-0 36 1976 Banja Luka A00 Uncommon Opening 15. Romanishin vs K Hulak   1-0 37 1976 USSR-Jugoslavija 21/59 A33 English, Symmetrical 16. Suetin vs K Hulak 1-0 22 1976 Lublin (Poland) B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 17. K Hulak vs Romanishin   1-0 47 1976 Jugoslavija-USSR 22/326 C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. Robatsch vs K Hulak   ½-½ 17 1976 Poland A28 English 19. A Kuligowski vs K Hulak   ½-½ 32 1976 Lublin E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation 20. Ivkov vs K Hulak   ½-½ 40 1976 Jugoslavien D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 21. K Hulak vs Romanishin   0-1 41 1976 Jugoslavija-USSR 21/223 C67 Ruy Lopez 22. A Planinc vs K Hulak 0-1 40 1976 Banja Luka B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. B Ivanovic vs K Hulak   1-0 34 1977 YUG-ch B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 24. K Hulak vs H Ree   1-0 47 1977 Amsterdam IBM C70 Ruy Lopez 25. Romanishin vs K Hulak   1-0 39 1977 URS-Jugoslawien 24/60 A04 Reti Opening  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 482    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Hulak wins | Hulak loses

Jan-03-05    Benzol: Krunoslav Hulak Born 25th May 1951 in Osijek An IM in 1974 and GM in 1976 he was also Yugoslav champion in 1976. Nov-17-05    Ivan23: Croatian champion in 2005, despite being one of the lower rated players in the event. Dec-15-05    stanleys: Congratulations for his title!But why there isn't mentionned his biggest tournament success:in Belgrad/1988 at the first GMA tournament he shared the first place and was declared a winner.100 grandmasters played there Jan-24-06    BIDMONFA: Krunoslav Hulak HULAK, Krunoslav http://www.bidmonfa.com/hulak_kruno... _ May-25-08    brankat: Happy Birthday old friend! Sep-29-08    jovack: lol jokes picture reminds me of playing my uncle in europe i wonder why they all love to smoke haha Sep-29-08    offramp: Hulak the Kulak. May-25-10    wordfunph: nice to see GM Hulak smoking....memories of smoking while playing.. : ) smokers feel that the world is getting smaller everyday huh! we were being discriminated no end...anyway life is always unfair. happy 59th birthday GM Hulak! May-25-11    newzild: I used to smoke like a train while playing. Unfortunately, I was never allowed to smoke at the board, so I used to spend half the game standing outside with the other smokers. Time-trouble was my constant companion. May-25-11    BobbyDigital80: Does chessgames.com keep a list of their players of the day? May-25-11    ray keene: the incredible Hul(a)k -an old friend of mine! May-25-12    brankat: Happy Birthday Kruno! May-25-13    brankat: And once again! :-)

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