Braslav Rabar
Number of games in database: 233
Years covered: 1939 to 1965
Overall record: +64 -62 =107 (50.4%)*
   * 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 (20)      E74 E75 E94 E81 E95  Nimzo Indian (15)      E33 E56 E38 E48 E54  Sicilian (12)      B96 B90 B80 B64 B54  Ruy Lopez (10)      C86 C79 C99 C82 C70  Orthodox Defense (8)      D50 D51 D62 D55 D53  English (6)      A15 A16 A13 A10 A14	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (27)      B93 B94 B85 B44 B95  Sicilian Najdorf (12)      B93 B94 B95 B91  King's Indian (10)      E70 E64 E92 E94 E67  Ruy Lopez (9)      C83 C84 C76 C64 C90  Queen's Gambit Declined (9)      D38 D30 D31  Nimzo Indian (8)      E51 E47 E59 E21 E53

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Rabar vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1949 1-0
   B Rabar vs Bogoljubov, 1941 1-0
   M Napolitano vs B Rabar, 1942 0-1
   B Rabar vs Rellstab, 1942 1/2-1/2

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BRASLAV RABAR (born Sep-27-1919, died Dec-06-1973) Yugoslavia [what is this?] Braslav Rabar was born on the 27th of September 1919 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Awarded the IM title in 1950 he was Yugoslav Champion in 1951 and 1953 (jointly) and he played on three Yugoslav Olympiad teams (1950, 1952, 1954). He played in 13 Yugoslav championships. He is best remembered for designing the opening classification system that was used in the Chess Informant. He coedited the monthly chess magazine Sahovski Glasnik. He passed away in Zagreb in 1973.

page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 233  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gligoric vs B Rabar 1-0 28 1939 Zagreb E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 2. E R Lundin vs B Rabar   ½-½ 51 1941 Munich E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 3. Foltys vs B Rabar   1-0 48 1941 Trencianske Teplice C10 French 4. B Rabar vs G Fuster   0-1 53 1941 Munich B40 Sicilian 5. I V Rohacek vs B Rabar   ½-½ 45 1941 Munich B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 6. B Rabar vs G Fuster   0-1 30 1941 Trencianske Teplice D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted 7. B Rabar vs B Nielsen   1-0 58 1941 Munich E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 8. B Rabar vs Opocensky   0-1 30 1941 Trencianske Teplice D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. B Rabar vs Bogoljubov 1-0 42 1941 Munich B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 10. B Rabar vs Stoltz 0-1 57 1941 Munich D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 11. H Meyer vs B Rabar   0-1 33 1941 Trencianske Teplice D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 12. Opocensky vs B Rabar   ½-½ 18 1941 Munich C10 French 13. K Hucl vs B Rabar   0-1 46 1941 Trencianske Teplice C29 Vienna Gambit 14. Kieninger vs B Rabar   ½-½ 31 1941 Munich D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 15. B Rabar vs Ahues   0-1 28 1941 Trencianske Teplice E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 16. B Rabar vs P Leepin   ½-½ 29 1941 Munich E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 17. B Rabar vs K Richter   0-1 52 1941 Munich A51 Budapest Gambit 18. M Milan vs B Rabar   1-0 34 1941 Trencianske Teplice D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 19. B Rabar vs Mross 0-1 63 1941 Munich E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 5.cd ed 20. Szily vs B Rabar   1-0 40 1941 Trencianske Teplice C10 French 21. P Rethy vs B Rabar   0-1 49 1941 Munich E12 Queen's Indian 22. B Rabar vs Cortlever   1-0 67 1941 Munich D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 23. Saemisch vs B Rabar   0-1 48 1941 Trencianske Teplice E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 24. Alekhine vs B Rabar 1-0 34 1941 Munich C07 French, Tarrasch 25. Foltys vs B Rabar   ½-½ 30 1941 Munich C29 Vienna Gambit  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 of 233    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Rabar wins | Rabar loses

Aug-23-05    Resignation Trap: Yugoslavia hosted the first Olimpiad after World War II in Dubrovnik. The host team finished first, and Rabar, with the score of eight wins and two draws, had the best overall percentage of the event. Sep-27-07    pawnofdoom: Player of the Day! Happy Birthday Rabar! Today's almost over and I'm surprised no one else kitibtzed An impressive game by him that got the game of the day. Too bad he wasn't the one who won it B Rabar vs Stoltz, 1941 Aug-10-08    myschkin: . . . http://www.evrado.com/chess/katalog... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encycl... Sep-27-10    BIDMONFA: Braslav Rabar RABAR, Braslav http://www.bidmonfa.com/rabar_brasl... _ Sep-27-10    YoungEd: Perhaps the strongest player with a palindromic name? Sep-27-10    TheTamale: <YoungEd>: I always thought Level 12 was the strongest player with a palindromic name, but then I realized the 12 at the end disqualifies it. Nov-25-10    GrahamClayton: <Resignation Trap>Yugoslavia hosted the first Olimpiad after World War II in Dubrovnik. The host team finished first, and Rabar, with the score of eight wins and two draws, had the best overall percentage of the event. <Resignation Trap>, Rabar won the Gold Medal for the best score on Board 4. Larry Evans also scored 90%, but did not play as many games as Rabar. Sep-27-12    brankat: R.I.P. old friend.

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