Bojan Kurajica
Number of games in database: 901
Years covered: 1964 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2527
Highest rating achieved in database: 2585
Overall record: +243 -180 =462 (53.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      16 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (77)      A46 D02 A40 D05 D04  Sicilian (71)      B50 B22 B90 B56 B33  Ruy Lopez (36)      C84 C92 C85 C91 C94  Slav (28)      D10 D11 D12  Ruy Lopez, Closed (27)      C84 C92 C85 C91 C94  Reti System (22)      A04 A05 A06	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (132)      B32 B47 B28 B42 B30  Nimzo Indian (36)      E32 E52 E47 E39 E55  Queen's Indian (34)      E12 E15 E17 E16 E14  Scandinavian (33)      B01  English (28)      A13 A14 A15 A17 A10  Sicilian Taimanov (26)      B47 B48 B46 B49

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kurajica vs Ulf Andersson, 1980 1-0
   Kurajica vs Velimirovic, 1972 1-0
   Judit Polgar vs Kurajica, 2002 0-1
   Kurajica vs P Littlewood, 1980 1-0
   Kurajica vs I Miladinovic, 1994 1/2-1/2
   Kurajica vs Korchnoi, 1976 1/2-1/2

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Amsterdam IBM 1976 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1970 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1976 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee 1977 by EmperorAtahualpa
   Hastings 1966/67 by suenteus po 147

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BOJAN KURAJICA (born Nov-15-1947) Yugoslavia (citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina) [what is this?] Bojan Kurajica was born in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia (Slovenia). Awarded the IM title in 1965 and GM title in 1974, he was World Junior Champion in 1965. Wikipedia article: Bojan Kurajica

page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 901  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Glauser vs Kurajica   0-1 62 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B42 Sicilian, Kan 2. E Eichhorn vs Kurajica   0-1 47 1964 Zurich - jungmeister E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 3. O Kinnmark vs Kurajica   ½-½ 28 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 4. H Holaszek vs Kurajica   ½-½ 17 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 5. Kurajica vs M Janata   1-0 45 1964 Zurich - jungmeister C05 French, Tarrasch 6. Kurajica vs P N Lee   0-1 42 1964 Zurich - jungmeister C00 French Defense 7. C Zuidema vs Kurajica   0-1 35 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 8. O Jakobsen vs Kurajica   1-0 68 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B40 Sicilian 9. Kurajica vs H Pfleger   0-1 31 1964 Zurich - jungmeister C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. Kurajica vs Markus   1-0 46 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B10 Caro-Kann 11. Kurajica vs F Tejero Royo   ½-½ 19 1964 Zurich - jungmeister C10 French 12. Kurajica vs Huebner   1-0 27 1965 Wch U20 B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 13. I Farago vs Kurajica   0-1 45 1965 Wch U20 f-A E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 14. Kurajica vs V Tukmakov   1-0 29 1965 Wch U20 f-A C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 15. Kurajica vs V Tukmakov   0-1 80 1965 URS-JUG B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 16. Suttles vs Kurajica 0-1 38 1965 Barcelona B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 17. I Polgar vs Kurajica   ½-½ 41 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA E17 Queen's Indian 18. Keene vs Kurajica   ½-½ 13 1966 Hastings 6667 A07 King's Indian Attack 19. S Kagan vs Kurajica 0-1 35 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 20. Kurajica vs Velimirovic   1-0 32 1966 Batumi B56 Sicilian 21. Hort vs Kurajica   1-0 68 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B23 Sicilian, Closed 22. Kurajica vs J Penrose   ½-½ 20 1966 Hastings 6667 C41 Philidor Defense 23. Kurajica vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 12 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B56 Sicilian 24. Kurajica vs H Ree   ½-½ 12 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 25. J Rodriguez Cordoba vs Kurajica ½-½ 36 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim3 A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 901

Nov-13-05    WTHarvey: Here is a little collection of puzzles from Bojan's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/kura.html Nov-15-06    WannaBe: Happy Birthday to you! Mar-10-07    BIDMONFA: Bojan Kurajica KURAJICA, Bojan http://www.bidmonfa.com/kurajika_bo... _ Nov-15-07    WannaBe: Happy Birthday to you! =) Jan-14-08    brankat: Wow! <WannaBe> accounts for 50% of the posts on this page! Not any more though. it is now down to 40% :-) Jan-15-08    suenteus po 147: This guy played in Dutch tournaments in the seventies. Nov-15-08    WannaBe: Very Happy Birthday to you! =) Nov-15-08    WickedPawn: Happy Birthday Bojan! Nov-16-08    brankat: Best wishes for Your Birthday Bojan! Nov-15-09    WannaBe: Happy Birthday to you, Vladislav Akselrod!! Nov-15-09    I Like Fish: wannabe... a bit frantically... happy bday bojan... hello... Dec-08-09    Tabanus: Chessmetrics: 2674 in March 1978, #29 in world He won today a tournament in Gran Canaria, Spain: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr276... Apr-04-10    Tabanus: And second today in the Pedro Lezcano Montalvo Memorial (Gran Canaria, Spain): http://www.chess-results.com/tnr310... Apr-11-10    Tabanus: Placed 3rd today in Ciudad de La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain) 5-11 April 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr322... Jul-25-10    Tabanus: 3rd today in the IV Hotel Avenida de Canarias Open (Spain) 18-25 July 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr346... Nov-15-11    WannaBe: Happy Birthday, Bojan, (why did I think you are Vladislav 2 years ago?) Nov-15-11    brankat: Happy Birthday Bojan! Nov-15-11    belgradegambit: Unfortunately he was held to a draw today at the world senior championship, Mar-08-12    wordfunph: GM Kurajica's contribution to chess openings.. Kurajica Defense (English) 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 Nov-15-12    brankat: Best wishes for Your Birthday!

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