Braslav Rabar
Number of games in database: 184
Years covered: 1939 to 1965
Overall record: +47 -51 =86 (48.9%)*
   * 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 (17)      E74 E75 E94 E81 E95  Nimzo Indian (12)      E33 E54 E26 E45 E58  Sicilian (12)      B96 B90 B80 B64 B54  Ruy Lopez (9)      C86 C79 C99 C82 C70  Orthodox Defense (8)      D50 D51 D62 D55 D53  Grunfeld (5)      D70 D93	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (23)      B93 B94 B95 B21 B84  Sicilian Najdorf (12)      B93 B94 B95 B91  Ruy Lopez (9)      C83 C84 C76 C64 C90  Queen's Gambit Declined (9)      D38 D30 D31  Nimzo Indian (7)      E51 E47 E59 E53  King's Indian (7)      E92 E70 E94 E67 E64

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Rabar vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1949 1-0
   B Rabar vs Bogoljubov, 1941 1-0
   B Rabar vs Najdorf, 1955 1-0
   Opocensky vs B Rabar, 1941 1/2-1/2

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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 8; games 1-25 of 184  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. Kieninger vs B Rabar   ½-½ 31 1941 Munich GER D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 3. B Rabar vs P Leepin   ½-½ 29 1941 Munich GER E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 4. B Rabar vs K Richter   0-1 52 1941 Munich GER A51 Budapest Gambit 5. B Rabar vs Mross 0-1 63 1941 Munich GER E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 5.cd ed 6. P Rethy vs B Rabar   0-1 49 1941 Munich GER E12 Queen's Indian 7. B Rabar vs Cortlever   1-0 67 1941 Munich GER D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense 8. Alekhine vs B Rabar 1-0 34 1941 Munich C07 French, Tarrasch 9. Foltys vs B Rabar   ½-½ 30 1941 Munichen C29 Vienna Gambit 10. E R Lundin vs B Rabar   ½-½ 51 1941 Munich GER E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 11. B Rabar vs G Fuster   0-1 53 1941 Munich GER B40 Sicilian 12. I V Rohacek vs B Rabar   ½-½ 45 1941 Munich GER B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 13. B Rabar vs B Nielsen   1-0 58 1941 Munich GER E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 14. B Rabar vs Bogoljubov 1-0 42 1941 Munchen (09) B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 15. B Rabar vs Stoltz 0-1 57 1941 Munich GER D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 16. Opocensky vs B Rabar   ½-½ 18 1941 Munich GER C10 French 17. B Rabar vs K Junge   0-1 62 1942 Munich GER C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 18. Alekhine vs B Rabar 1-0 27 1942 Munich E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 19. B Rabar vs Rellstab   ½-½ 96 1942 Munich GER E00 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Foltys vs B Rabar   1-0 50 1942 Munich GER A28 English 21. Keres vs B Rabar 1-0 32 1942 Munchen (15.09.42) C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 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. Bogoljubov vs B Rabar   1-0 44 1942 Munich GER A14 English 25. K Richter vs B Rabar   1-0 60 1942 Munich GER C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 184    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 Aug-10-08    myschkin: . . . http://www.evrado.com/chess/katalog... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encycl...

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