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Dragoljub Minic
D Minic 
 

Number of games in database: 1,011
Years covered: 1957 to 2003
Highest rating achieved in database: 2490
Overall record: +239 -191 =581 (52.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (173) 
    B89 B43 B32 B47 B90
 Ruy Lopez (123) 
    C69 C72 C93 C77 C92
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (56) 
    C93 C97 C90 C92 C95
 French Defense (49) 
    C07 C11 C05 C18 C09
 Caro-Kann (44) 
    B14 B18 B13 B15 B17
 Sicilian Najdorf (29) 
    B90 B96 B99 B98 B97
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (176) 
    B92 B98 B93 B87 B29
 Sicilian Najdorf (85) 
    B92 B98 B93 B96 B90
 King's Indian (84) 
    E69 E67 E94 E95 E97
 Ruy Lopez (41) 
    C69 C93 C96 C67 C95
 Queen's Pawn Game (32) 
    A46 A40 A41 D02 A45
 Modern Benoni (26) 
    A57 A65 A77 A79 A76
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Minic vs P N Lee, 1964 1-0
   D Minic vs K Honfi, 1966 1-0
   D Minic vs V Bukal Sr, 1972 1-0
   A Planinc vs D Minic, 1973 0-1
   D Minic vs Matulovic, 1959 1-0
   R Ortega vs D Minic, 1968 0-1
   K Danov vs D Minic, 1967 0-1
   D Minic vs G Tringov, 1965 1-0
   D Minic vs Parma, 1968 1-0
   D Minic vs V Panov, 1967 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Praia da Rocha Zonal (1969)
   Zeljko Jakovljevic Jakim Memorial (1974)
   Yugoslav Championship (1962)
   Belgrade (1968)
   Zagreb (1971)
   Yugoslav Championship (1969)
   Reggio Emilia 1964/65 (1964)
   Yugoslav Championship (1968)
   Parcetic Memorial (1966)
   Bucharest (1966)
   Yugoslav Championship (1961)
   FRG-ch International (1975)
   Yugoslav Championship (1959)
   Berliner Sommer (1984)
   Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970)


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DRAGOLJUB MINIC
(born Mar-05-1937, died Apr-05-2005, 68 years old) Yugoslavia

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Dragoljub Minic was born in Titograd (now Podgorica), Yugoslavia. He was Yugoslav champion in 1962 (=Aleksandar Matanovic) and awarded the IM title in 1964. In 1991 he was awarded the honorary GM title.

Wikipedia article: Dragoljub Minić

Last updated: 2025-02-01 13:56:48

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 page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,011  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Smailbegovic vs D Minic  0-1401957SarajevoC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
2. D Minic vs P Trifunovic  0-1451957SarajevoC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
3. V Kozomara vs D Minic  1-0471957SarajevoA00 Uncommon Opening
4. D Minic vs Janosevic  ½-½301957Yugoslav Semifinal CenterC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
5. D Minic vs S Pavlovic  1-0241958Yugoslav Semifinal WestB65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4
6. D Minic vs Janosevic  ½-½211958Yugoslav Semifinal WestC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
7. D Minic vs Z Krzisnik  1-0221958Yugoslav Semifinal WestB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
8. D Minic vs M Knezevic  1-0371958Yugoslav Semifinal WestA07 King's Indian Attack
9. V Sokolov vs D Minic  ½-½861959Yugoslav ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
10. D Minic vs M Udovcic  ½-½271959Yugoslav ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
11. A Matanovic vs D Minic 1-0511959Yugoslav ChampionshipB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
12. D Minic vs Matulovic 1-0601959Yugoslav ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
13. J Sofrevski vs D Minic  ½-½331959Yugoslav ChampionshipD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. D Minic vs D Djantar  ½-½281959Yugoslav ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
15. J Stupica vs D Minic  ½-½371959Yugoslav ChampionshipE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
16. D Minic vs D Ugrinovic  1-0721959Yugoslav ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
17. P Smederevac vs D Minic  1-0481959Yugoslav ChampionshipC44 King's Pawn Game
18. B Milic vs D Minic  ½-½351959Yugoslav ChampionshipE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
19. D Minic vs Gligoric  0-1391959Yugoslav ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
20. P Trifunovic vs D Minic  1-0611959Yugoslav ChampionshipE97 King's Indian
21. D Minic vs Janosevic  ½-½921959Yugoslav ChampionshipB07 Pirc
22. S Vukovic vs D Minic  0-1311959Yugoslav ChampionshipA16 English
23. D Minic vs D Ivkovic  1-0911959Yugoslav ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
24. A Lukic vs D Minic  0-1401959Yugoslav ChampionshipE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
25. D Minic vs M Bertok  0-1431959Yugoslav ChampionshipB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-11-08  Karpova: Some sources state that his birthday was Mar-05-1937 others that it was Apr-05-1936 which date is correct?. Did he really die on April-05-2005 or April-09-2005?

E.g.
http://www.indochess.com/news_maint... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragol...
http://sr.wikipedia.org/sr-el/%D0%9... http://chess.about.com/library/week...
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twi...

Feb-11-08  brankat: <Karpova> <GM Dragoljub Minic was found dead in his apartment in Novi Sad on 9th April 2005. His friends, not being able to contact him for several days when he did not respond to phone calls or even the house entry intercom, finally forced open his apartment door to discover the grim news. Doctors said that he died from a heart attack approximately on his 69th birthday on April 5th....> From INDO Chess.

Seems to be quite a likely "scenario". Exactly the same happened with my father only 3 months ago.

Dec-26-11  Antiochus: [Event "YUG-URS"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[White "Minic, Dragoljub "]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Round "?"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O d5 14. Kh1 Qa5 15. f5 Bb4 16. Rb3 dxe4 17. Qd4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 e5 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Rc5 Qd8 21. Qxe4 O-O 22. Rxe5 Be6 23. fxe6 fxe5 24. exf7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-JUG"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[White "Spassky, B "]
[Black "Minic, Dragoljub "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Round "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 exf4 10. gxf4 f5 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. a3 b6 13. Rae1 h6 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Rg1 Qd7 16. Qf2 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. c3 Rbe8 21. h4 Re6 22. Bd2 Rd6 23. Kh2 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. h5 g5 26. fxg5 Qxh5+ 27. Nh4 Be5 28. Bf4 hxg5 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Bh3 Ng4+ 31. Bxg4 fxg4 0-1

[Event "It"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[White "Minic, Dragoljub "]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Round "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Bd2 Bb7 9. Qe1 Qb6 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4 Qc7 13. f4 Be7 14. Qe3 Bd8 15. c4 O-O 16. c5 Nd7 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. e5 Qd5 19. Be4 Qb5 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Bd3 Bb6 22. Nac5 Qxb3 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxb3 Bxc5+ 25. Rxc5 Nxc5 26. Qc2+ Kg8 27. Qxc5 Rfd8 28. Qb6 Rb8 29. Qf2 Nd4 30. Bc3 Nf5 31. g4 Ne7 32. f5 Nd5 33. Ba5 Rdc8 34. Rf1 Rc4 35. h3 Nf4 36. Qa7 Nxh3+ 37. Kh2 Rc2+ 38. Kxh3 Bg2+ 39. Kh4 Rb3 40. fxe6 Bxf1 41. Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Qxf1 Rb8 43. Bc3 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Rh6 45. e7 1-0

Mar-05-12  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Minic.
Mar-05-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: < brankat: <Karpova> <GM Dragoljub Minic was found dead in his apartment in Novi Sad on 9th April 2005. His friends, not being able to contact him for several days when he did not respond to phone calls or even the house entry intercom, finally forced open his apartment door to discover the grim news. Doctors said that he died from a heart attack approximately on his 69th birthday on April 5th....> From INDO Chess>.

I've changed the bio accordingly.

Mar-05-12  brankat: <Stonehenge> Thank You! I didn't know You had become one of the Admins. It can be useful to have connections in high places :-)
Mar-05-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: I didn't know you lived in a skyscraper :)
Mar-06-12  brankat: <Stonehenge> Testing the connection:

For months I've trying to get someone to add a photo to old GM Borislav Kostic's player's page. Asked on his page, CG.com forum, the Librarian's forum, but no response.

Thanks Stony.

Apr-05-13  brankat: R.I.P. Dragoljub.
May-30-21  Gottschalk: Very good wins:
Minic vs Korchnoi, 1963 Spassky vs Minic, 1965

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