Nikola Karaklajic
Number of games in database: 187
Years covered: 1949 to 2008
Last FIDE rating: 2303
Highest rating achieved in database: 2365
Overall record: +40 -52 =93 (46.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (36)      B44 B93 B22 B56 B28  Ruy Lopez (16)      C71 C69 C78 C63 C84  French Defense (10)      C05 C02 C01 C13 C09  Sicilian Najdorf (8)      B93 B90 B92  French Tarrasch (5)      C05 C09 C07 C03  Two Knights (5)      C55 C57 C56 C58	With the Black pieces:  Nimzo Indian (17)      E55 E54 E46 E59 E49  Ruy Lopez (16)      C67 C79 C77 C82 C90  Queen's Gambit Declined (12)      D38 D39 D30 D31  Scandinavian (8)      B01  Semi-Slav (7)      D46 D45 D44 D47  English (4)      A13 A12

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N Karaklajic vs A Fuderer, 1955 1-0
   N Karaklajic vs A Matanovic, 1968 1/2-1/2
   N Karaklajic vs D Djaja, 1959 1-0

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NIKOLA KARAKLAJIC (born Feb-24-1926, died Dec-16-2008) Yugoslavia (citizen of Serbia) [what is this?] Nikola Karaklajic was born on the 24th of February 1926. He was awarded the IM title and became Yugoslav Champion in 1955. In tournaments he was 1st at Laibach 1955 and 1st at Wijk aan Zee 1967. http://www.fide.com/component/conte...

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 187  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. N Karaklajic vs Gligoric   0-1 37 1949 YUG-ch C13 French 2. N Karaklajic vs B Tot   1-0 51 1949 YUG-ch B10 Caro-Kann 3. D Andric vs N Karaklajic   ½-½ 34 1951 YUG-ch 7th B01 Scandinavian 4. P Trifunovic vs N Karaklajic   1-0 36 1951 YUG-ch 7th D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 5. D Andric vs N Karaklajic   0-1 30 1951 YUG-ch 6th E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 6. B Tot vs N Karaklajic   0-1 36 1951 YUG-ch 7th D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. N Karaklajic vs M Longer   0-1 45 1951 YUG-ch 7th C52 Evans Gambit 8. Gligoric vs N Karaklajic   ½-½ 61 1951 YUG-ch 7th D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 9. B Milic vs N Karaklajic   ½-½ 35 1951 YUG-ch 6th A03 Bird's Opening 10. N Karaklajic vs Gligoric   ½-½ 23 1951 YUG-ch 6th B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 11. Gruenfeld vs N Karaklajic   ½-½ 54 1952 Belgrade D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 12. N Karaklajic vs Bogoljubov   ½-½ 40 1952 Belgrade B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 13. N Karaklajic vs D Andric   1-0 88 1952 Belgrade E70 King's Indian 14. Pirc vs N Karaklajic   ½-½ 26 1952 Belgrade D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 15. N Karaklajic vs Pilnik   0-1 20 1954 Belgrade C58 Two Knights 16. N Karaklajic vs B Rabar   0-1 49 1954 Belgrade B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 17. N Karaklajic vs Gligoric   ½-½ 19 1954 Belgrade C54 Giuoco Piano 18. N Karaklajic vs M Czerniak   ½-½ 66 1954 Belgrade B07 Pirc 19. N Karaklajic vs Ivkov   0-1 28 1954 Belgrade B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 20. Petrosian vs N Karaklajic 1-0 84 1954 Beograd D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. Bronstein vs N Karaklajic   ½-½ 42 1954 Belgrade E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 22. N Karaklajic vs Matulovic   1-0 36 1955 YUG-ch B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 23. N Karaklajic vs Filip   0-1 58 1955 Zagreb C71 Ruy Lopez 24. Gligoric vs N Karaklajic   ½-½ 28 1955 YUG-ch E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 25. N Karaklajic vs Smyslov 0-1 41 1955 Zagreb C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 187

Nov-28-05    Robin01: Looks like Korchnoi gave him problems. However, he did get a draw against Tal. Feb-03-06    John Abraham: At first I thought that this person was female, given the name. Feb-04-06    chessmaster pro: <John Abraham> No, Nikola is a name common used for boys in Yugoslavia.Well atleast in those times i don't know if they still like to use that name in Yugoslavia. Feb-24-06    BIDMONFA: Nikola Karaklajic KARAKLAJIC, Nikola http://www.bidmonfa.com/karaklajic_... _ Dec-18-08    Parelius: I was very priveliged to meet this great gentleman in Obrenovac just recently , very sad to hear he has passed . Rest in peace Nikola .

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