Bojan Kurajica
Bojan Kurajica | |
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Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Born | Ljubljana, PR Slovenia, Yugoslavia | November 15, 1947
Title | Grandmaster (1974) |
FIDE rating | 2444 (March 2024) |
Peak rating | 2595 (July 1995) |
Bojan Kurajica (born 15 November 1947) is a
Biography
Kurajica grew up in
Kurajica was awarded the GM title in 1974. He played chess in Zagreb until 1979, when he relocated to
One of his notable tournament successes was joint 3rd/4th place (together with
In 1991, Kurajica broke the Guinness World record for playing a simultaneous game on the largest numbers of boards up until that moment.
After the collapse of Yugoslavia, he represented Bosnia and Herzegovina ten times between 1992 and 2012 (won team silver medal at Moscow 1994), in total 12 Olympiad appearances.[2] Since 2019. he represents Croatia, as he did between 2006 and 2009.
In December 2005 Kurajica won the 13th Salona GM Invitation Tournament in Solin as clear first.[3] In the same year Kurajica was awarded the title of FIDE Trainer.[4] As of 2006[update], he shared his residence between Sarajevo and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Kalanj, Mirko (28 October 2006). "Povratak šahovskim korijenima" (PDF). Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 2010-05-15.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Bojan Kurajica". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (19 December 2005). "TWIC 580: 13th Salona Tournament". London Chess Center. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ "Arbiters - Trainers: Bojan Kurajica". World Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
External links
- Bojan Kurajica rating card at FIDE
- Bojan Kurajica player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Bojan Kurajica at 365Chess.com