Miroslav Radojcic
Number of games in database: 33
Years covered: 1945 to 1976
Overall record: +6 -21 =6 (27.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C32		King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit (3 games)
C78		Ruy Lopez (2 games)
D44		Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (2 games)
C44		King's Pawn Game (2 games)

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MIROSLAV RADOJCIC (born Aug-24-1920, died Jan-14-2000) Yugoslavia [what is this?] Miroslav ("Miro") Radojcic was a Yugoslav National Master and USCF master, but more famous as one of Yugoslavia's most renowned political journalists for the paper <Politika>. During the 1960s he worked out of the UN in New York as Politika's foreign correspondent to the US, and later in the 1970s he was assigned the same post for London. He also contributed a long-running column for the American magazine <Chess Life>. In 1964, he took 2nd place in the U.S. Open in Boston. In that year he also won the Western Open in Milwaukee and the Florida Open.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gligoric vs M Radojcic 1-0 26 1945 YUG-ch E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 2. M Radojcic vs B Kazic   1-0 26 1945 Novi Sad D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 3. M Radojcic vs B Tot   ½-½ 59 1945 YUG-ch B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 4. V Popovic vs M Radojcic   1-0 41 1945 Novi Sad A14 English 5. M Radojcic vs M Vidmar Jr   0-1 59 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 6. M Radojcic vs B Kostic   1-0 66 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 7. M Radojcic vs M Markovic   0-1 34 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 8. A Bozic vs M Radojcic 1-0 32 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. M Radojcic vs N Kulzinski   1-0 94 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG B10 Caro-Kann 10. Vidmar vs M Radojcic   1-0 18 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG E17 Queen's Indian 11. Puc vs M Radojcic   1-0 31 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG C78 Ruy Lopez 12. M Radojcic vs V Tomovic 0-1 86 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG C41 Philidor Defense 13. M Germek vs M Radojcic   0-1 63 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 14. M Radojcic vs S Vukovic   0-1 48 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG B83 Sicilian 15. M Radojcic vs B Tot   0-1 47 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 16. Gligoric vs M Radojcic 1-0 33 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 17. M Radojcic vs P Trifunovic 0-1 17 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 18. Pirc vs M Radojcic   1-0 33 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. Bidev vs M Radojcic   ½-½ 45 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG C49 Four Knights 20. B Gruber vs M Radojcic 1-0 16 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 21. B Milic vs M Radojcic   1-0 46 1947 Ljubljana ch-YUG C78 Ruy Lopez 22. A Phillips vs M Radojcic   ½-½ 12 1952 Hastings-B C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 23. D Horne vs M Radojcic   1-0 28 1952 Hastings Challengers C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 24. C Pilnick vs M Radojcic   ½-½ 43 1955 US Open C77 Ruy Lopez 25. M Radojcic vs E Hearst   0-1 47 1955 US Open B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33

May-09-09    jerseybob: Is this the same Radojcic who played in several U.S. tourneys in the 60's? May-28-10    Antiochus: Miroslav Radojcic "J" make the right form. Aug-24-12    brankat: He was the journalist who conducted the famous interview with Bobby Fischer in Belgrade, 1958, after Fischer's matches against Janosevic and Matulovic. R.I.P. master Radojcic.

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