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May-21-10 | | wordfunph: Sretan ti rodjendan :) |
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Dec-29-10 | | nummerzwei: From Krajina-Kozul, Vinkovci 1989
 click for larger viewHere, Kozul's opponent played 12.0-0-0!. At first glance, it now seems as if black, undeveloped as he is, could win an exchange with 12...Bg4, and perhaps Kozul had even intended this from afar. However, after 13.hxBg4 hxg4 White has an immediate win in  click for larger view14.Qxd5!!
- 14...RxRh1 15.Qxc6+
- 14...cxQd5 15.Bb5+
- 14...QxQd5 15.NxQd5 cxNd5(15...RxRh1 16.Nc7 mate)16.RxRh8 - 14...Qc7/c8 15.Bb5!
In the game, Black therefore contented himself with (12. 0-0-0 )e6, but after 13.Ba6 Ba3 (!!, Jacob Aagaard)  click for larger viewthe game still became spectacular!
The rest of the game was: 14.bxBa3 (14.Qe2 Qa5 15.Nb5! unclear, Aagaard)...Qa5 15.g4 hxg4 16.hxg4 RxRh1 17.RxRh1 Bxg4 18.QxBg4 QxNc3 19.Bg1 (19.Qh3!, Aagaard)...Qxa3+ 20.Kd1 Qxa6 21.Rh8 0-0-0 22.Rh7 d4 23.Rxf7 Qc4 24.Rxa7 Kb8 25.Ra3 Ne7 26.Qh3 Nd5 0-1 Aagaard's notes are quoted from the preface to 'Excelling at Chess Calculation'. |
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Mar-14-11 | | Maatalkko: This guy is crazy experienced at the Classical Sicillian. |
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Mar-19-12 | | Calar: Recently he won open tournament in Zagreb:
Zagreb op-A (2012) |
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May-21-12 | | brankat: Happy Birthday GM Kozul! |
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May-21-12 | | lost in space: Happy birthday GM Kozul. Your games were my pathfinder through the Richter-Rauser system in the world-cc game vs. GM A. Nickel |
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May-21-12 | | lost in space: .. and what has this strange picture to do with GM Kozul? Looks like a bowling alley?! |
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Mar-19-13 | | waustad: Here is a decent pic from an article where he won (on tie breaks) a tournament in Skopje: http://de.chessbase.com/portals/3/f... |
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Apr-17-13 | | waustad: Coming in equal last in the Croatian Championship this year was not a good result for the highest rated player: http://www.365chess.com/tournaments... |
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May-21-13 | | brankat: Happy Birthday Zdenko! |
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Sep-23-13 | | waustad: After winning the Austrian Bundesliga 2 Mitte last year, his team SV Wolfsberg will be in the main Bundesliga. First board this year will be more of a challenge, since he'll be facing a lot more higher rated players. He is 15th highest rated this year, compared to 2nd last year. |
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Nov-12-14 | | waustad: Congratulations on winning the Durres Open 2014. http://chess-results.com/tnr150333.... |
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Nov-21-14 | | waustad: SV Wolfsberg won its first round match 4-2 but lost the second 2-4 in the Austrian Bundesliga 1. For the first two rounds they used 5 Croatian players along with Erich Steflitsch. There are two more rounds this weekend and perhaps we'll see Eva Moser on board 4, which would bring up the overall elo slightly. Sparkasse Jenbach seems to be the team to beat here and Schachclub MPĂ– Maria Saal has been the most disappointing so far. http://chess-results.com/tnr134964.... |
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Dec-20-14 | | waustad: There is a line in the Sicilian Richter-Rauser called the Kozul variation. He's even written a book on it: http://shop.chess.co.uk/The-Richter... |
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Jun-01-15
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Jun-05-15
 | | Penguincw: And the 3rd seed would win the Bosna Open with 7/9 (+5,-0,=4). He won his first 4 games, then drew the next 4, and beat 12th seed Miodrag Savic with black in the final round to secure it. Kozul would actually finish in a 5-way tie for 1st, but edged out compatriot Stevic (50.5-50) 6th seed Mladen Palac (2561), 15th seed Dusan Popovic (2492) and 4th seed Predrag Nikolic (2618) on tiebreaks. For his 2666 TPR, he gained a modest 8.1 points to move from 2620 to 2633.1 (rated 2625 on the June list), just 7 points behind Croatian #1, Ivan Saric. |
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May-14-16 | | waustad: A week from today he'll be eligible to play in the younger versions of senior tournaments. Since he is still quite active, it will be interesting to see if he starts playing in these. |
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May-21-16 | | waustad: The software that chooses POTD really should put a preference for players with landmark birthdays. Happy 50th birthday to a former European Champion! |
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May-21-16 | | siggemannen: Happy Birthday! The best game for me is the game against Rublevsky a few years ago, where he sacked the house to win |
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Apr-06-18 | | waustad: He is now playing a match with Nikola Dukic. They've split the first two games. I suspect that there has been a transliteration problem, but I only see him as a Serbian unrated player: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...
Is he related to Sandra Djukic |
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Apr-07-18 | | nummerzwei: This looks more like it:
https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml... |
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May-21-21
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Dec-10-21 | | SkySports: Croatian Champion 2021!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... |
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Dec-12-21 | | Albertan: Kozul wins 2021 Croatian Chess Championship:
https://www.fide.com/news/1475 |
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Apr-08-22 | | Deceptor: Kozul still going strong at age 56 -- he just qualified for the next World Cup with a solid 19th place (7.5/11) showing at the EICC in Slovenia. Also, it seems like he's had the same 2620 ELO for last 25 years. A remarkably consistent player. |
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