Braslav Rabar
Number of games in database: 173
Years covered: 1939 to 1965
Overall record: +45 -46 =82 (49.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (16)      E75 E94 E74 E81 E68  Nimzo Indian (12)      E33 E52 E54 E45 E37  Sicilian (12)      B90 B96 B88 B40 B80  Ruy Lopez (8)      C86 C79 C70 C73 C99  Orthodox Defense (7)      D50 D51 D63 D62 D55  Grunfeld (5)      D70 D93	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (21)      B93 B21 B91 B55 B84  Sicilian Najdorf (10)      B93 B91 B94 B95  Ruy Lopez (9)      C83 C88 C86 C97 C76  Queen's Gambit Declined (8)      D38 D30 D31  Nimzo Indian (7)      E47 E59 E51 E53  King's Indian (7)      E92 E64 E70 E94 E67

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Rabar vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1949 1-0
   B Rabar vs Bogoljubov, 1941 1-0

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BRASLAV RABAR (born Sep-27-1919, died Dec-06-1973) Yugoslavia [what is this?] Braslav Rabar was born on the 27th of September 1919 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. Awarded the IM title in 1950 he was Yugoslav Champion in 1951 and 1953 (jointly) and he played on three Yugoslav Olympiad teams in the early 1950's. He played in 13 Yugoslav championships. He is best remembered for designing the Opening Classification System that was used in the "Chess Informant." He coedited the monthly chess magazine "Sahovski Glasnik." He passed away in Zagreb in 1973.

page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 173  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Gligoric vs B Rabar   1-0 28 1939 Zagreb E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 2. Alekhine vs B Rabar 1-0 34 1941 Munich C07 French, Tarrasch 3. B Rabar vs B Nielsen   1-0 58 1941 Munich GER E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. B Rabar vs Stoltz 0-1 57 1941 Munich GER D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 5. Opocensky vs B Rabar   ½-½ 18 1941 Munich GER C10 French 6. B Rabar vs Bogoljubov 1-0 42 1941 Munchen (09) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Kieninger vs B Rabar   ½-½ 31 1941 Munich GER D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 8. B Rabar vs K Richter   0-1 52 1941 Munich GER A51 Budapest Gambit 9. B Rabar vs P Leepin   ½-½ 29 1941 Munich GER E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 10. B Rabar vs Mross 0-1 63 1941 Munich GER E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 5.cd ed 11. B Rabar vs Cortlever   1-0 67 1941 Munich GER D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 12. P Rethy vs B Rabar   0-1 49 1941 Munich GER E12 Queen's Indian 13. E R Lundin vs B Rabar   ½-½ 51 1941 Munich GER E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 14. I V Rohacek vs B Rabar   ½-½ 45 1941 Munich GER B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 15. Foltys vs B Rabar   ½-½ 30 1941 Munichen C29 Vienna Gambit 16. B Rabar vs G Fuster   0-1 53 1941 Munich GER B40 Sicilian 17. M Napolitano vs B Rabar   0-1 44 1942 Munich GER D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. B Rabar vs I V Rohacek   1-0 44 1942 Munich GER B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 19. B Rabar vs K Junge   0-1 62 1942 Munich GER C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 20. B Rabar vs Rellstab   ½-½ 96 1942 Munich GER E00 Queen's Pawn Game 21. Foltys vs B Rabar   1-0 50 1942 Munich GER A28 English 22. B Rabar vs G Barcza   0-1 29 1942 Munich GER D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 23. B Rabar vs Stoltz 0-1 40 1942 Munich GER B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. Keres vs B Rabar   1-0 32 1942 Munchen (15.09.42) C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 25. Bogoljubov vs B Rabar   1-0 44 1942 Munich GER A15 English  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 173    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Rabar wins | Rabar loses

Aug-23-05    Resignation Trap: Yugoslavia hosted the first Olimpiad after World War II in Dubrovnik. The host team finished first, and Rabar, with the score of eight wins and two draws, had the best overall percentage of the event. Sep-27-07    pawnofdoom: Player of the Day! Happy Birthday Rabar! Today's almost over and I'm surprised no one else kitibtzed An impressive game by him that got the game of the day. Too bad he wasn't the one who won it B Rabar vs Stoltz, 1941

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