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Mijo Udovcic
M Udovcic 
 

Number of games in database: 711
Years covered: 1939 to 1974
Overall record: +232 -212 =267 (51.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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MIJO UDOVCIC
(born Sep-11-1920, died Sep-08-1984, 63 years old) Yugoslavia

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Mijo Udovcic was born in Stara Josava, Yugoslavia. Awarded the IM title in 1952 and the GM title in 1957, he was Yugoslav champion in 1963 (=Borislav Ivkov). Udovčić was part of the Yugoslavian team who won silver medals behind USSR at the 16th Chess Olympiad held in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1964. Udovcic also played for Yugoslavia in two European Team Chess Championships, scoring 7/10 in Oberhausen in 1961 and 6/9 in Hamburg in 1965. Yugoslavia won silver medals behind USSR in both events.

Wikipedia article: Mijo Udovčić

Last updated: 2022-07-04 15:55:27

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 page 1 of 29; games 1-25 of 711  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Savic vs M Udovcic  1-0281939Belgrade LeagueC00 French Defense
2. B Simonovic vs M Udovcic  1-0301947Yugoslav Semifinal WestC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
3. M Udovcic vs A Misura  0-1371947Yugoslav Semifinal WestB01 Scandinavian
4. R Horvat vs M Udovcic  1-0251948Zagreb ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
5. M Udovcic vs I Lesnik  1-0421948Yugoslav Semifinal CenterC01 French, Exchange
6. M Subaric vs M Udovcic  1-0321948Yugoslav Semifinal CenterD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
7. M Subaric vs M Udovcic  1-0411948Yugoslav Championship 1948/49A56 Benoni Defense
8. M Udovcic vs B Rabar  0-1371948Yugoslav Championship 1948/49E09 Catalan, Closed
9. P Trifunovic vs M Udovcic  ½-½341948Yugoslav Championship 1948/49A46 Queen's Pawn Game
10. M Udovcic vs S Puc  0-1311948Yugoslav Championship 1948/49D94 Grunfeld
11. N Kulzinski vs M Udovcic  0-1271948Yugoslav Championship 1948/49A43 Old Benoni
12. M Udovcic vs A Fuderer  ½-½261948Yugoslav Championship 1948/49C49 Four Knights
13. D Djaja vs M Udovcic  ½-½401948Yugoslav Championship 1948/49D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. M Udovcic vs D Andric  ½-½381949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49A08 King's Indian Attack
15. S Vukovic vs M Udovcic  0-1411949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49A57 Benko Gambit
16. M Udovcic vs B Simonovic  0-1371949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49A46 Queen's Pawn Game
17. S Nedeljkovic vs M Udovcic  0-1741949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49C49 Four Knights
18. R Horvat vs M Udovcic  0-1541949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
19. M Udovcic vs Gligoric  0-1721949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49A15 English
20. A Bozic vs M Udovcic 0-1391949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49A59 Benko Gambit
21. M Udovcic vs Pirc 0-1411949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
22. Janosevic vs M Udovcic  1-0351949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
23. M Udovcic vs B Milic  0-1321949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
24. M Udovcic vs A Preinfalk  ½-½351949Yugoslav First LeagueC50 Giuoco Piano
25. M Udovcic vs K Palda  1-0381950Croatian ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
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Jun-01-04  unsound: The first Croatian grandmaster. He seems to have had the pleasure of losing to every great player of his era (hence the winning percentage). One of his losses to Korchnoi is a doozy: Korchnoi vs Udovcic, 1967
Dec-29-04  nikolaas: According to chessbase he's from the former Yugoslavian republic of Macedonia and not from croatia.
Dec-29-04  Benzol: Mijo Udovcic
Born 11th September 1920 in Stara Josava
An IM in 1952 and a GM in 1957 he was Yugoslav Champion in 1963.
Aug-02-05  RSD770: The story about him goes that he once agreed to play a blindfold simul. on ten boards in small village in Yugoslavia. Being white he made several different opening moves so as to differentiate in his mind quickly between games. He was quite suprised when all 10 of his opponents played b6. He made various second moves, to which 5 of his opponents played ♗b7, and 5 of them ♗a6. In growing consternation he played radically different 3rd moves (so as to remember which game was which). Now, those who had played ♗b7 now played ♗a6, and those who had played ♗a6 played ♗c8. Udovcic was now completely befuddled.
He excused himself to use the bathroom, climbed out the window, and sped back to Zagreb. Brilliant, eh?
Aug-02-05  aw1988: It was obviously organized, though still funny.
Aug-07-07  brankat: <According to chessbase he's from the former Yugoslavian republic of Macedonia and not from Croatia.>

The name of his birthplace may be either Croatian, or Serbian or Macedonian. could be in Montenegro, or Bosnia, too.

But his name, therefore the nationality, is definitely Croatian. And he lived (and played Chess) almost all of his life in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. I happen to know this because I had lived in Zagreb at the same time, and had met Mr.Udovcic many times.

Not that any of this matters, just to have the record straight.

Aug-07-07  BIDMONFA: Mijo Udovcic

UDOVCIC, Mijo
http://www.bidmonfa.com/udovcic_mij...
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Aug-07-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  TheAlchemist: Stara Jošava is a village in Slavonia (Slavonija), Croatia, near the town of Orahovica:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orahov...

There was a chess club named after Udovčić there as well:

http://web.vip.hr/vsarcevic.vip/

Aug-09-07  brankat: <TheAlchemist> Thank You for the links. The information there reminded me of how much I have forgotten :-)
Sep-11-08  jovack: funny how you can find the serb/cro users by visiting serb/cro players pages
May-13-09  returnoftheking: Is this the same player?:

Udovic

Sep-11-09  whiteshark: Mijo Udovcic
Birthdate 11-9-1920
<Deceased 8-4-1984>

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