Jovan Sofrevski
Number of games in database: 83
Years covered: 1958 to 1991
Highest rating achieved in database: 2375
Overall record: +10 -25 =48 (41.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (12)      E91 E68 E97 E92 E98  English, 1 c4 c5 (8)      A36 A34 A37 A38 A33  English (6)      A17 A10 A15 A14	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (14)      B57 B80 B61 B89 B22  French Defense (9)      C12 C18 C11 C04 C02  Nimzo Indian (5)      E51 E48 E22 E21 E46  French (4)      C12 C11  Queen's Gambit Declined (4)      D38

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Sofrevski vs Geller, 1968 1/2-1/2
   Ivkov vs J Sofrevski, 1962 1/2-1/2

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JOVAN SOFREVSKI (born Aug-17-1935, died Aug-02-2005) Yugoslavia (citizen of Macedonia) [what is this?] He was an IM.

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 83  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Sofrevski vs Vukcevich   ½-½ 15 1958 YUG-ch 13th A38 English, Symmetrical 2. Matulovic vs J Sofrevski   1-0 33 1958 YUG-ch 13th E91 King's Indian 3. Gligoric vs J Sofrevski   1-0 45 1958 YUG-ch 13th E51 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 4. V Vukovic vs J Sofrevski   ½-½ 52 1958 YUG-ch 13th B57 Sicilian 5. Matulovic vs J Sofrevski   1-0 34 1959 YUG-ch D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 6. Gligoric vs J Sofrevski   1-0 19 1959 YUG-ch B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Sliwa vs J Sofrevski   ½-½ 66 1960 Asztalos mem E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 8. J Sofrevski vs Matulovic   1-0 51 1960 YUG-ch A37 English, Symmetrical 9. Gligoric vs J Sofrevski   ½-½ 43 1960 YUG-ch E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 10. Parma vs J Sofrevski   ½-½ 20 1960 Tournament (candidates) B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. G Kluger vs J Sofrevski   ½-½ 33 1960 Asztalos mem 3rd E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System 12. J Sofrevski vs B Tot   1-0 48 1960 YUG-ch A94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 13. J Sofrevski vs Matulovic   0-1 50 1961 YUG-ch A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 14. J Sofrevski vs Matulovic   ½-½ 23 1961 Sarajevo E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 15. Gligoric vs J Sofrevski   ½-½ 41 1961 Sarajevo C18 French, Winawer 16. Ivkov vs J Sofrevski   ½-½ 30 1962 Jugoslavien C18 French, Winawer 17. J Sofrevski vs B Rabar   ½-½ 30 1962 YUG-ch E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 18. J Sofrevski vs Parma   ½-½ 66 1965 Ch Yugoslavia E17 Queen's Indian 19. Matulovic vs J Sofrevski   ½-½ 41 1965 YUG-ch C12 French, McCutcheon 20. Gligoric vs J Sofrevski   1-0 32 1965 YUG-ch A99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3 21. Velimirovic vs J Sofrevski 1-0 24 1965 YUG-ch B89 Sicilian 22. Kholmov vs J Sofrevski   1-0 51 1967 Skopje B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 23. M Knezevic vs J Sofrevski   ½-½ 17 1967 Skopje C11 French 24. J Sofrevski vs M Damjanovic   ½-½ 46 1967 Skopje A34 English, Symmetrical 25. R Nicevski vs J Sofrevski   ½-½ 45 1967 Skopje C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 83

Jul-26-10    Imagine: Bio: Jovan Sofrevski born 17 August 1935, Skopje Macedonia. Died 2 August 2005. Awarded the International Master title in 1972. Highest raiting 2554 on the April 1973 raiting list (best World rank 134).

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