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Tihomil Drezga

Number of games in database: 24
Years covered: 1927 to 1937
Overall record: +7 -10 =7 (43.8%)*
   * 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 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

Last updated: 2020-12-02 10:33:10

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T Drezga vs Hansed / Fitzpatrick 1-0251927English club gameC54 Giuoco Piano
2. T Drezga vs L Monosson  ½-½611928Paris ChampionshipC71 Ruy Lopez
3. T Drezga vs J H Wertheim 1-0321928The Hague OlympiadB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
4. T Drezga vs Znosko-Borovsky  1-0511929Paris ChampionshipA03 Bird's Opening
5. T Drezga vs V Halberstadt  1-0261929Paris ChampionshipB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
6. T Drezga vs J Cukierman  1-0271929Paris ChampionshipC78 Ruy Lopez
7. T Drezga vs A Baratz 0-1151929Paris Team-chC55 Two Knights Defense
8. B Stupan vs T Drezga  1-0711934MariborA44 Old Benoni Defense
9. T Drezga vs Pirc  ½-½411934MariborB83 Sicilian
10. J Rejfir vs T Drezga  1-0291934MariborA43 Old Benoni
11. L Asztalos vs T Drezga  ½-½411934MariborA44 Old Benoni Defense
12. M Vidmar Jr vs T Drezga  ½-½861934MariborE60 King's Indian Defense
13. T Drezga vs Spielmann 0-1451934MariborC74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
14. Menchik vs T Drezga 1-0401934MariborA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
15. T Drezga vs L Steiner  0-1231934MariborA02 Bird's Opening
16. T Drezga vs B Tot  ½-½561935Yugoslav ChampionshipB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
17. T Drezga vs O Nedeljkovic  0-1401935Yugoslav ChampionshipB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
18. Kostic vs T Drezga  1-0531935Yugoslav ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
19. T Drezga vs M Broeder  0-1541935Yugoslav ChampionshipB10 Caro-Kann
20. T Drezga vs S Vukovic  1-0121935Yugoslav ChampionshipB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
21. T Drezga vs V Filipovic  0-1631935Yugoslav ChampionshipB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
22. Pirc vs T Drezga  ½-½291935Yugoslav ChampionshipA95 Dutch, Stonewall
23. Kostic vs T Drezga  ½-½161937Yugoslav ChampionshipC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
24. T Drezga vs S Matvejev  1-0251937Yugoslav ChampionshipC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
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Kibitzer's Corner
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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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
Premium Chessgames Member
  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).>

Dec-01-20  cameosis: he was born on december 10, 1903:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial...

Dec-02-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: Be careful with that findagrave. In this case the entry was made by a chess player (User: elarpe??) who has copied it from somewhere else. Even Wikipedia has a link to it.

In cases like this findagrave is *not* a source.

Anyway,

United States Social Security Death Index:

Birth Date: 10 Dec 1903, that is a proper source :)

Dec-02-20  cameosis: yes and no.

wp has a link because i added it -- while in general i don't think much of wp, thanks to egomaniacal editors who believe they own articles, it is helpful as a starting point -- reason i added »find a grave« as a source was that it is recognized as a reliable source there (for what it’s worth).

the reliability of a source ultimately depends on a user’s preference, despite official guidelines that say otherwise.

see here, where you prefer an unsourced wikipedia entry over an official document by the national chess federation:

Hasan Abbasifar

not starting an argument, just mentioning it.

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