Bojan Kurajica
Number of games in database: 743
Years covered: 1964 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2540
Highest rating achieved in database: 2585
Overall record: +189 -154 =397 (52.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (64)      B50 B56 B22 B33 B90  Queen's Pawn Game (60)      A46 D02 A40 D05 D04  Ruy Lopez (34)      C84 C92 C85 C91 C99  Ruy Lopez, Closed (26)      C84 C92 C85 C91 C99  Slav (21)      D10 D12 D11  French Defense (18)      C19 C16 C01 C10 C18	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (110)      B47 B28 B32 B42 B22  Nimzo Indian (29)      E32 E47 E52 E39 E55  Queen's Indian (28)      E12 E15 E17 E14 E16  English (23)      A13 A14 A15 A17 A10  Orthodox Defense (22)      D55 D58 D59 D50 D53  Scandinavian (22)      B01

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Kurajica vs Velimirovic, 1972 1-0
   Judit Polgar vs Kurajica, 2002 0-1
   Kurajica vs Ulf Andersson, 1980 1-0
   Kurajica vs Miladinovic, 1994 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 1977 by EmperorAtahualpa
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1976 by suenteus po 147

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BOJAN KURAJICA (born Nov-15-1947) Yugoslavia [what is this?] Bojan Kurajica was born on the 15th of November 1947 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. Awarded the IM title in 1965 and GM title in 1974 he was World Junior Champion in 1965.

page 1 of 30; games 1-25 of 743  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. O Jakobsen vs Kurajica   1-0 68 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B40 Sicilian 2. Kurajica vs H Pfleger   0-1 31 1964 Zurich - jungmeister C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. Kurajica vs Markus   1-0 46 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B10 Caro-Kann 4. Kurajica vs F Tejero-Royo   ½-½ 19 1964 Zurich - jungmeister C10 French 5. H Glauser vs Kurajica   0-1 62 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B42 Sicilian, Kan 6. E Eichhorn vs Kurajica   0-1 47 1964 Zurich - jungmeister E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 7. O Kinnmark vs Kurajica   ½-½ 28 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 8. H Holaszek vs Kurajica   ½-½ 17 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 9. Kurajica vs M Janata   1-0 45 1964 Zurich - jungmeister C05 French, Tarrasch 10. Kurajica vs G Lee   0-1 42 1964 Zurich - jungmeister C00 French Defense 11. C Zuidema vs Kurajica   0-1 35 1964 Zurich - jungmeister B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 12. Suttles vs Kurajica 0-1 38 1965 Barcelona B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 13. Kurajica vs V Tukmakov   0-1 80 1965 URS-JUG B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. I Farago vs Kurajica   0-1 45 1965 Wch U20 f-A E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 15. Kurajica vs V Tukmakov   1-0 29 1965 Wch U20 f-A C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 16. Kurajica vs Huebner   1-0 27 1965 Wch U20 B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 17. Kurajica vs B Brinck-Claussen   ½-½ 38 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA C03 French, Tarrasch 18. M Basman vs Kurajica   1-0 66 1966 Hastings B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 19. Uhlmann vs Kurajica   0-1 40 1966 Hastings E17 Queen's Indian 20. Kurajica vs A Hennings   ½-½ 48 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 21. Kurajica vs Mecking   1-0 44 1966 03 Hastings C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 22. H Westerinen vs Kurajica   ½-½ 20 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B42 Sicilian, Kan 23. I Polgar vs Kurajica   ½-½ 41 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA E17 Queen's Indian 24. S Kagan vs Kurajica 0-1 35 1966 Orebro Stud olm fA B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 25. Kurajica vs Balashov   ½-½ 65 1966 Hastings B45 Sicilian, Taimanov  page 1 of 30; games 1-25 of 743

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.

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