1955 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship

Candidate Masters, fought for 8.5 points (50%), in which only Milan Matulović succeeded and thus became a Master.^[1]

Borislav Kostić (who originally signed up) also canceled. Chess Federation of Yugoslavia closed the list with 19 participants on the 20th January, where the subsequent application of Svetozar Gligorić was received (who, in the meantime, was delegated with Borislav Ivkov for the tournament in Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires), and Nikola Karaklajić was accepted as the first reserve (the best fifth placer with three semi-finals). A few days before the start of the tournament, Vasja Pirc (due to illness) and Milosav Vuković (as a military conscript could not get a leave) canceled, and the remaining fifth-placed players from the semi-finals, Arsenije Lukić and Mijo Udovčić, were included as reserves (he was forgiven a three-month suspension for violations in semi-final). The last one who canceled was Petar Trifunović (due to family reasons), who thus missed the opportunity to be a jubilee player and take part in the championship for the tenth time. In the end, the list was left with 18 players, and the jubilee players are Svetozar Gligorić, Borislav Milić and Stojan Puc.^[2]