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Zvonko Vranesic
Z Vranesic 
 

Number of games in database: 295
Years covered: 1957 to 1997
Last FIDE rating: 2320
Overall record: +99 -88 =108 (51.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (22) 
    E80 E84 E83 E87 E88
 Nimzo Indian (18) 
    E47 E42 E43 E41 E55
 Modern Benoni (17) 
    A79 A56 A58 A70 A77
 Grunfeld (11) 
    D94 D84 D70 D95 D93
 English, 1 c4 c5 (10) 
    A36 A31 A33 A30 A35
 Orthodox Defense (9) 
    D50 D59 D51 D58
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (56) 
    B83 B43 B45 B21 B44
 Caro-Kann (15) 
    B14 B18 B16 B11 B13
 Sicilian Scheveningen (13) 
    B83 B81 B85
 Queen's Pawn Game (11) 
    A46 A45 D02 D01 E00
 Sicilian Taimanov (10) 
    B45 B46 B47
 Sicilian Kan (9) 
    B43 B42
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Silman vs Z Vranesic, 1975 1/2-1/2
   B Berger vs Z Vranesic, 1964 0-1
   E Formanek vs Z Vranesic, 1971 1/2-1/2
   Z Vranesic vs I Bilek, 1964 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Canadian Championship (1963)
   Canadian Championship (1961)
   Siegen Olympiad Final-A (1970)
   Canadian Championship (1969)
   Canadian Championship (1991)
   Canadian Championship (1972)
   Canadian Championship (1981)
   Canadian Open (1995)
   Chicago USCF International (1973)
   Canadian Open (1971)
   Canadian Championship (1975)
   Canadian Championship (1978)
   Toronto International Open (1997)
   Skopje Olympiad Final-B (1972)
   Valletta Olympiad (1980)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   1961 Canadian championship by gauer
   1972 Canadian championship by gauer

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ZVONKO VRANESIC
(born Oct-04-1938, 86 years old) Croatia (federation/nationality Canada)

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International Master. He represented Canada as high as second board at five Olympiads (1964, 1966, 1970, 1972, and 1980, as captain in the last), accumulating 41 points in 70 team games. He tied for 1st-2nd with Duncan Suttles (the latter won the play-off) in the 1969 Canadian Championship and assisted the Chute chess program build its dataset input. He was Ontario Champion in 1963. Also, in 1963, he won both the Ontario and Toronto Championships and repeated with wins of the Toronto City Championships in 1967, 1970 and 1972. He finished last in the Amsterdam Interzonal (1964). Professionally, he was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Toronto.

References: (1) http://www.olimpbase.org/ , (2) http://vur.ca/harthousechess/histor... , (3) Wikipedia article: Zvonko Vranesic

Last updated: 2023-02-24 16:10:05

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 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 295  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Knezevic vs Z Vranesic  0-1251957Yugoslav Junior ChampionshipE17 Queen's Indian
2. Z Vranesic vs J Karanjac  1-0551958Yugoslav First LeagueA97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
3. A Kalotay vs Z Vranesic 1-0411961Canadian ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
4. Z Vranesic vs L Joyner  ½-½641961Canadian ChampionshipD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. G Danilov vs Z Vranesic  0-1461961Canadian ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
6. Z Vranesic vs J Patty  1-0291961Canadian ChampionshipD95 Grunfeld
7. Z Vranesic vs D Grimshaw  1-0241961Canadian ChampionshipA20 English
8. Z Vranesic vs A Sandor Siklos  0-1411961Canadian ChampionshipA53 Old Indian
9. R Cayford vs Z Vranesic  ½-½591961Canadian ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
10. Suttles vs Z Vranesic  0-1581961Canadian ChampionshipB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
11. Z Vranesic vs G Fuster  1-0741961Canadian ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
12. E Macskasy vs Z Vranesic 0-1311961Canadian ChampionshipA43 Old Benoni
13. Z Vranesic vs P Vaitonis  1-0321961Canadian ChampionshipE86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6
14. Suttles vs Z Vranesic  ½-½251963Canadian ChampionshipB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
15. Z Vranesic vs Yanofsky  ½-½451963Canadian ChampionshipE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
16. L Witt vs Z Vranesic  0-1411963Canadian ChampionshipB95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6
17. E Macskasy vs Z Vranesic  1-0481963Canadian ChampionshipA43 Old Benoni
18. Z Vranesic vs D Allan  1-0311963Canadian ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
19. I Lipnowski vs Z Vranesic  ½-½761963Canadian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
20. G Fuster vs Z Vranesic  0-1321963Canadian ChampionshipA43 Old Benoni
21. A Patrick vs Z Vranesic  0-1391963Canadian ChampionshipB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
22. Z Vranesic vs H Yanofsky  1-0441963Canadian ChampionshipE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
23. Z Vranesic vs R Hirsch  1-0351963Canadian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
24. Z Vranesic vs A Kalotay  1-0591963Canadian ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
25. M Schulman vs Z Vranesic  0-1301963Canadian ChampionshipB98 Sicilian, Najdorf
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-20-05  aw1988: Who is this? Very strong opposition.
Jun-20-05  Resignation Trap: <chessgames.com> First, let us unify all of these players: Vranesic Zvonko = Vranesic Zvonko (CAN) = Vranesic = Z Vranesic = www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer... .

Dr. Zvonko Vranesic was born October 4, 1938 in Zagreb, Croatia (then Yugoslavia). He won the Junior Championship of Yugoslavia in 1957. He immigrated to Canada in October 1958.

He represented Canada in the Chess Olympiads of 1964, 1966, 1970, 1972 and 1980. He was also the Canadian representative at the 1964 Interzonal in Amsterdam.

He was awarded the IM title in 1969.

For a non-chess biography and a photograph, I suggest this: http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/DCS/Peopl... . Good background for his photo!

IM Lawrence Day can undoubtedly tell you more about Vranesic than I can. See, for example, Lawrence's page and his post of June 29, 2004 (his page three).

Jul-15-10  wordfunph: Vranesic finished second with 13/17 in 1969 Canadian Championship..
Jan-24-11  kevins55555: <Resignation Trap>

They do not even exist.

Nov-21-17  reztap: If my memory is correct he played first board on the A team's in the Cleveland Toronto chess match in Feb 1975. He lost to Vukcevich. I was eighth board on that team and won because my opponent made an unsound sacrifice. The drive back was very rugged and my wife was not very happy.
Jun-28-18  Mike75018: @reztap: I was 19th board at the 1972 Cleveland-Toronto chess match, held in Niagara Falls. That time also, Vukcevich defeated Vranesic on first board. I lost my game because I played stupidly. The drive back was insane due to a snowstorm. Two other CWRU students and I were driven by Dr. Nasvitis, a Lithuanian immigrant who did not believe in slowing down to take driving conditions in to account. An exciting day all around.

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