Albin Planinc
| Albin Planinc | |
|---|---|
 Planinc in 1974 | |
| Born | 18 April 1944 Briše, Slovenia |
| Died | 20 December 2008 (aged 64) Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| Peak rating | 2545 (May 1974) |
| Peak ranking | 36 (May 1974) |
Albin Planinc (also spelled Planinec) ( 18 April 1944 – 20 December 2008)[1][2] was a Slovenian-Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster.
He was born in a working-class family in
Planinc won the Slovenian youth championship in 1962. He also won the full Slovenian Chess Championship in 1968 and 1971.[citation needed]
His earliest international success occurred at the first
Planinc played on fourth board (+9 –1 =5) for Yugoslavia in the 21st Chess Olympiad at Nice 1974, where he won a team silver medal.[5]
He was awarded the GM title in 1972, then became a chess trainer when the strain of playing tournament chess was contributing to his poor mental health (in those days, medication was relatively ineffective). Planinc continued to suffer from severe depression for decades, spending the last years of his life at a mental institution in Ljubljana. In 1993, his last name was changed to Planinec by mistake.[6]
In The Penguin Encyclopedia of Chess, Grandmaster Raymond Keene said of Planinc, "he specializes in apparently outdated openings into which his imaginative play infuses new life".[7]
Mentally ill in his later years, he died in a nursing home in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[1]
References
- ^ a b A forgotten genius: Albin Planinc (Planinec) (8 April 1944, Briše - 11 December 2008, Ljubljana)
- ^ The Week In Chess, 737 – Mark Crowther. Chesscenter.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-09.
- ^ Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial Tournaments Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine. Sah-zveza.si. Retrieved on 2012-11-09.
- ^ Albin Planinc Archived 2012-07-28 at archive.today. Endgame.nl. Retrieved on 2012-11-09.
- ^ 21st Chess Olympiad, Nice 1974, information. OlimpBase (1974-06-30). Retrieved on 2012-11-09.
- ^ Down Planinc's path by Hans Ree (New in Chess 2012/8, p. 98)
- ^ The Penguin Encyclopedia of Chess, Golombek, 1981, p. 346
External links
- Albin Planinc player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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