Braslav Rabar

International Master (1950) and chess writer. He was Yugoslav champion in 1951, and in 1953 again tied for the tournament lead, but lost a playoff match. He played for Yugoslavia in three chess Olympiads (1950, 1952, 1954), winning a total of five medals. Rabar was a co-inventor of the classification systems for the Chess Informant

Trencianske Teplice); the event was won by Jan Foltys.^[1] In September 1941, he tied for 9-10th in Munich (Europaturnier, Gösta Stoltz won). In December 1941, he played at second board against Ludovit Potuček (1.5 : 0.5) in a match Croatia – Slovakia in Zagreb.^[2] In September 1942, he took 12th in Munich (Europameisterschaft, 1st European Individual Chess Championship, Alexander Alekhine won).^[3]

Interzonal); the event was won by David Bronstein.^[6]

Chess Olympiads. In August/September 1950, he won two gold medals: individual at fourth board (+8 –0 =2), and team, along with Gligorić, Pirc, Petar Trifunović, Milan Vidmar jr, and Stojan Puc, at the 9th Chess Olympiad in Dubrovnik. In August 1952, he played at second board at the 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+5 –1 =6). Rabar won two bronze medals (individual and team). In September 1954, he played at fourth board at the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+1 –3 =4). Yugoslavia won bronze medal. In the three Olympiads, Rabar won five medals, and in 30 games scored (+14 -4 =12), for 66.7 per cent.^[7]

International Master (IM) title in 1950. He coedited the monthly chess magazine Šahovski Glasnik. He was involved in designing the ECO