The chess games of Tihomil Drezga

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Tihomil Drezga

Number of games in database: 7
Years covered: 1927 to 1934
Overall record: +2 -5 =0 (28.6%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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TIHOMIL DREZGA
(born Dec-10-1903, died Aug-1981, 77 years old) Croatia

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Tihomil Drezga (also Dresga or Drezza) was born October 12, 1903, in Šibenik, Croatia. He studied international law at the Sorbonne in Paris and received a doctorate of law.

He won in the Lites Chess Club in Paris (1927/28), won both games he played for the French team at the Hague, 1928 Olympiad, and finished 1st (ahead of Eugene Znosko-Borovsky) in the 5th Paris Championship in 1929.

After spending some years in France, Dr Drezga returned to Croatia. He placed 2nd at Zagreb 1934, and took 2nd, behind Petar Trifunovich, at Zagreb 1935.

During World War II, he was a professor at the Faculty of Law in Zagreb from 1943 to 1945. After the war, he emigrated to Italy in 1947, and then to the United States.

Wikipedia article: Tihomil Drezga

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. T Drezga vs Hansed / Fitzpatrick	1-0	25	1927	English club game	C54 Giuoco Piano
2. T Drezga vs J H Wertheim	1-0	32	1928	Olympiad	B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
3. T Drezga vs Baratz	0-1	15	1929	Paris	C55 Two Knights Defense
4. J Rejfir vs T Drezga	1-0	29	1934	Maribor	A43 Old Benoni
5. Menchik vs T Drezga	1-0	40	1934	Maribor	A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
6. B Stupan vs T Drezga	1-0	71	1934	Maribor	A44 Old Benoni Defense
7. T Drezga vs Spielmann	0-1	45	1934	Maribor	C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense

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Aug-09-09		whiteshark: <Tihomil Drezga> (Dresga, Drezza) (1903 – 1981) was a Croatian chess master. Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tihomi...

Oct-28-10		GrahamClayton: Here is an 1958 Sports Illustrated article about the US Intercollegiate Chess Championship which was being helda at Gannon College in Erie, PA, where Drezga was teaching political science: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/va...

Nov-26-12		whiteshark: Frenchmen Dresga scored a perfect 2/2 record at the Hague, 1928 Olympiad and for many years has been sole player to have an all-time 100% Olympic record since he never appeared at the Olympiads again. Nice achievement, given the fact that he has been a completely unknown player.

Jan-17-16		Eastfrisian: Hm ??!! - when is he born 10.12. or 12.10.? Bio and birth date are different.

Jan-18-16		Stonehenge: Here's a link: http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/... I've never understood why the DOB should be in the bio anyway. It already says <(born Dec-10-1903, died Aug-1981, 77 years old).>

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