Hrvoje Messing
Number of games in database: 163
Years covered: 1966 to 2007
Last FIDE rating: 2310
Highest rating achieved in database: 2359
Overall record: +52 -45 =66 (52.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (35)      B92 B80 B54 B81 B43  French Defense (13)      C19 C14 C11 C10 C09  Caro-Kann (8)      B11 B10 B14  Sicilian Najdorf (7)      B92 B94 B93  Sicilian Scheveningen (6)      B80 B81 B85  Scotch Game (6)      C45	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (25)      C64 C97 C93 C99 C92  Ruy Lopez, Closed (10)      C97 C93 C99 C92 C86  Sicilian (7)      B87 B76 B67 B33 B42  French Defense (6)      C18 C11 C13 C01 C05  English, 1 c4 e5 (5)      A20 A29 A26 A21  Two Knights (4)      C57 C56

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N Padevsky vs H Messing, 1973 0-1
   S Ivankovic vs H Messing, 2007 0-1

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HRVOJE MESSING (born Jul-26-1940) Yugoslavia (citizen of Croatia) [what is this?] He is an IM.

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 163  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Rakic vs H Messing 0-1 33 1966 Jugoslavija C57 Two Knights 2. Janosevic vs H Messing   0-1 47 1968 YUG-ch 23th C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. Kurajica vs H Messing   ½-½ 24 1968 Belgrade C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 4. H Messing vs D Gliksman   1-0 35 1968 YUG-ch 23th C45 Scotch Game 5. H Messing vs Gipslis   0-1 31 1968 Belgrade (Yugoslavia) B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 6. H Messing vs Bukic   ½-½ 20 1968 YUG-ch 23th B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 7. H Messing vs M Yoffie 1-0 25 1968 Belgrade B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 8. B Ivanovic vs H Messing 1-0 28 1968 YUG-ch 23th B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 9. Janosevic vs H Messing   1-0 37 1968 Belgrade E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 10. H Messing vs G Forintos 0-1 20 1968 HUN-JUG C45 Scotch Game 11. Matulovic vs H Messing ½-½ 46 1968 YUG-ch 23th C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 12. H Messing vs Minic   ½-½ 23 1968 Belgrade B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 13. H Messing vs M Vukic   1-0 48 1968 YUG-ch 23th B54 Sicilian 14. Bukic vs H Messing   ½-½ 13 1968 Belgrade D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 15. Velimirovic vs H Messing   0-1 28 1968 Belgrade C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 16. H Messing vs J Stupica   ½-½ 16 1968 YUG-ch 23th B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 17. H Messing vs P Dely   1-0 14 1968 Belgrade B10 Caro-Kann 18. H Messing vs A Planinc 1-0 69 1968 YUG-ch 23th C45 Scotch Game 19. H Messing vs D Andric   1-0 10 1968 Beograd C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 20. Ujtelky vs H Messing   0-1 47 1968 Belgrade A20 English 21. H Messing vs P Ostojic   ½-½ 14 1968 YUG-ch 23th E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 22. Parma vs H Messing   1-0 39 1968 Cateske Toplice (Yugoslavia) C05 French, Tarrasch 23. S Martinovic vs H Messing   0-1 33 1968 Belgrade C78 Ruy Lopez 24. A Bradvarevic vs H Messing   ½-½ 21 1968 YUG-ch 23th C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 25. T Rakic vs H Messing   0-1 36 1968 Belgrade A47 Queen's Indian  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 163

Dec-11-07    xeroxmachine: You dont know Hrvoje Messing with... Jan-24-09    whiteshark: Quit Messing around! :D Jan-24-09    WhiteRook48: Messing Messed up in some games Jul-25-09    Xeroxx: What a mess.

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