Mišo Cebalo
Mišo Cebalo | |
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Country | Croatia |
Born | Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia | 6 February 1945
Died | 2 September 2022 Zagreb, Croatia | (aged 77)
Title | Grandmaster (1985) |
Peak rating | 2570 (January 1995) |
Mišo Cebalo (6 February 1945 – 2 September 2022)[1] was a Croatian chess Grandmaster. He won the 19th World Senior Chess Championship at Condino 2009.[2] In 2011 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
Biography
His father, a good chess player himself, taught him to play chess when he was five years old. At 13 he began to frequent a local chess club and when he was 20 he played in the Yugoslav championship at
In 1980 he received the first
Cebalo played for Croatia in two
Cebalo won many open tournaments, one of the last being the "Luigi Amalfi" festival of the
Cebalo died in Zagreb in September 2022, at the age of 77. Despite advancing age and ailing health, he continued to participate in chess tournaments almost till the very end.
Notable games
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Mišo Cebalo - Zdenko Kožul - Slovenian team championship 1994.
Grünfeld Defence (D-85) - 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 0-0 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12. 0-0 Nd7 13. Bb4 Nb6 14. Ra1 Qe6 5. e5 Bh6 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 b5 19. Nd4 bxc4 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Ra6 Kf7 22. Ba3 Rfb8 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Rd1 c3 25. g3 Rc7 26. Rd3 Bd2 ( See diagram at right )
27. Rxe6! Kxe6 28. Qb3 Rd7 29. Bd6 exd6 30. Qxd5+ Ke7 31. exd6+ Kf6 32. Qxa8 c2 33. Qxh8+ Kg5 34. Rc3 Bxc3 35. Qxc3 Rxd6 36. Qxc2 Rd7 37. Qc6 Rf7 38. Qe6 Rb7 39. h4+ Kh6 40. Qf6 (1-0).
- Predrag Nikolić – Mišo Cebalo, Banja Luka 1981, Symmetrical English A-30
- Dragoljub Velimirović – Mišo Cebalo, Sarajevo 1986, Sicilian Scheveningen B-86
- Nebojša Ilijin – Mišo Cebalo, Baden open 1999, Sicilian Dragon B-71
- Mišo Cebalo – Erald Dervishi, Bratto open 2001, Queen's gambit, Tartakower var. D-58
- Eduard Mnatsakanian – Mišo Cebalo, World Seniors championship 2008, Sicilian Dragon B-78
References
- ^ Preminuo velemajstor Mišo Cebalo (in Croatian)
- ^ "Gaprindashvili and Cebalo become World Senior Champions". Chessdom.com. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
External links
- Miso Cebalo player profile and games at Chessgames.com