Zvonimir Mestrovic
Number of games in database: 139
Years covered: 1963 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2327
Highest rating achieved in database: 2430
Overall record: +27 -80 =32 (30.9%)*
   * 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 (17)      B89 B20 B43 B31 B27  Uncommon Opening (15)      A00 B00  Queen's Pawn Game (13)      A45 D01 A40 D00  French Defense (7)      C00 C11 C13 C01 C15  French (5)      C00 C11 C13	With the Black pieces:  Uncommon Opening (17)      B00 A00  Ruy Lopez (10)      C73 C72 C74 C71 C93  Sicilian (9)      B61 B22 B92 B89 B57  King's Indian (8)      E62 E98 E71  Reti System (7)      A04  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      A40

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   Z Mestrovic vs Polugaevsky, 1972 1-0

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ZVONIMIR MESTROVIC (born Oct-17-1944) Yugoslavia (citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina) [what is this?] International Master

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 139  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Z Mestrovic vs Velimirovic   0-1 54 1963 YUG-ch 19th B25 Sicilian, Closed 2. Matulovic vs Z Mestrovic   1-0 36 1963 YUG-ch 19th C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 3. Ivkov vs Z Mestrovic 1-0 45 1964 Zenica A21 English 4. Hort vs Z Mestrovic 1-0 44 1965 Sarajevo E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 5. Tringov vs Z Mestrovic   1-0 52 1965 Sarajevo 8th A07 King's Indian Attack 6. Matulovic vs Z Mestrovic   1-0 35 1965 Sarajevo 8th C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 7. Suetin vs Z Mestrovic   1-0 37 1965 Sarajevo B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 8. Minev vs Z Mestrovic   1-0 41 1966 Sarajevo 09th A07 King's Indian Attack 9. E Nagy vs Z Mestrovic   1-0 41 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 10. Z Mestrovic vs G Stefanov   1-0 22 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 11. Z Mestrovic vs Hartston   ½-½ 39 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B72 Sicilian, Dragon 12. Z Mestrovic vs Avner   0-1 61 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 13. Z Mestrovic vs G Lebredo   ½-½ 56 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim3 B86 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 14. T Krabbe vs Z Mestrovic   0-1 41 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA A04 Reti Opening 15. Matulovic vs Z Mestrovic   1-0 50 1966 Sarajevo C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 16. U Fritsche vs Z Mestrovic   ½-½ 46 1966 Orebro Stud olm prelim3 B22 Sicilian, Alapin 17. Z Mestrovic vs Tal   0-1 32 1966 Sarajevo B89 Sicilian 18. B Buchman vs Z Mestrovic   0-1 56 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 19. Ghizdavu vs Z Mestrovic   0-1 32 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B89 Sicilian 20. Tringov vs Z Mestrovic   ½-½ 18 1967 Sarajevo It C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 21. M Vukic vs Z Mestrovic   1-0 65 1967 Sarajevo It E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 22. Z Mestrovic vs Savon   0-1 30 1967 Sarajevo It B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 23. Z Mestrovic vs Stein 0-1 25 1967 Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina) B27 Sicilian 24. S Nikolic vs Z Mestrovic   1-0 58 1967 Sarajevo It C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 25. Z Mestrovic vs Janosevic   0-1 32 1967 Sarajevo It A45 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 139

Sep-11-05    nasmichael: What is some of Mestrovic's history? Sep-11-05    TheAlchemist: <nasmichael> According to the Slovenian Chess Federation (http://www.sah-zveza.si/projects/id...) he was born on October 17, 1944, is an IM, his current Elo rating is 2372 and he currently plays for Triglav Krsko in Slovenia. I know he is a great blitz player and that he has championed 1.Nc3 as White and 1.e4 Nc6 as Black, with some success as well. His last great tournament result I know of was in Nova Gorica 2003, when he finished joint first, but got only fourth prize. There he lost the first two games, but then won 6 games in a row. In the last round, he had White against eventual winner Pavasovic, but offered (or accepted) a quick draw. He (obviously) preferred to secure fourth place than risk slipping back too far. Jan-02-09    M.D. Wilson: I know someone with this surname. Is Mestrovic a common surname? Feb-07-09    M.D. Wilson: He was fond of 1. Nc3. Very interesting. Nov-28-09    KOCMOHAYT: <M.D. Wilson> Yes surname is quite often among Croats. exists also among Serbs. Nov-28-09    vsadek: <M.D. Wilson> The Mestrović surname that sounds familiar to you is probably Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović. Here is the Wiki article about him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_M...

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