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Braslav Rabar
B Rabar 
 

Number of games in database: 633
Years covered: 1938 to 1967
Overall record: +185 -120 =328 (55.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (42) 
    E75 E81 E95 E67 E94
 Nimzo Indian (40) 
    E53 E41 E52 E48 E58
 Sicilian (38) 
    B32 B59 B93 B80 B90
 Orthodox Defense (32) 
    D50 D51 D63 D62 D61
 Ruy Lopez (27) 
    C97 C86 C82 C98 C79
 Grunfeld (15) 
    D70 D87 D84 D85 D78
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (67) 
    B93 B85 B22 B94 B67
 Nimzo Indian (35) 
    E59 E53 E55 E48 E51
 Ruy Lopez (32) 
    C97 C83 C84 C90 C98
 King's Indian (23) 
    E66 E64 E70 E67 E94
 Sicilian Najdorf (21) 
    B93 B94 B91 B90 B92
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (20) 
    C97 C84 C90 C98 C96
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Rabar vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1949 1-0
   V Castaldi vs B Rabar, 1954 0-1
   B Rabar vs Geller, 1955 1-0
   B Rabar vs Barcza, 1952 1-0
   B Rabar vs Bogoljubov, 1941 1-0
   B Rabar vs B Tot, 1956 1-0
   E Lundin vs B Rabar, 1952 1/2-1/2
   B Rabar vs J H Donner, 1955 1-0
   E Lundin vs B Rabar, 1941 1/2-1/2
   B Rabar vs Najdorf, 1955 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Yugoslav Championship (1951)
   Munich Zonal (1954)
   Yugoslav Championship (1953)
   Schlechter Memorial (1949)
   Yugoslav Championship (1955)
   Opatija (1953)
   Yugoslav Championship 1948/49 (1948)
   Reggio Emilia 1962/63 (1962)
   Rio de Janeiro (1952)
   Yugoslav Championship (1949)
   Yugoslav Championship 1950 (1951)
   Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950)
   Yugoslav Championship (1961)
   Yugoslav Championship (1945)
   Yugoslav Championship (1952)


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BRASLAV RABAR
(born Sep-27-1919, died Dec-06-1973, 54 years old) Yugoslavia

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Braslav Rabar was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (Croatia). Awarded the IM title in 1950, he was Yugoslav Champion in 1951 and 1953 (jointly) and he played on three Yugoslav Olympiad teams (1950, 1952, 1954). He played in 13 Yugoslav championships. He is best remembered for designing the opening classification system that was used in the Chess Informant. He coedited the monthly chess magazine Sahovski Glasnik.

He passed away in Zagreb in 1973.

Wikipedia article: Braslav Rabar


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 page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 633  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B Sikosek vs B Rabar  0-1331938Yugoslav Amateur ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. B Rabar vs D Avirovic  0-1191938Yugoslav Amateur ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. B Rabar vs I Lesnik  0-1231938Yugoslav Amateur Championship playoffD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. I Lesnik vs B Rabar  1-0541938Yugoslav Amateur Championship playoffE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
5. M Subaric vs B Rabar  ½-½301939Yugoslav Amateur Championship sf-BD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
6. B Rabar vs G Muzdeka  1-0341939Yugoslav Amateur Championship sf-BE52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6
7. B Rabar vs L Gabrovsek  ½-½451939Yugoslav Amateur Championship sf-BD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. B Rabar vs P Carev  1-0291939Yugoslav Amateur Championship sf-BD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
9. G Berner vs B Rabar  ½-½371939Yugoslav Amateur Championship sf-BD52 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. B Rabar vs I Jerman  1-0181939Yugoslav Amateur ChampionshipD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
11. M Rajkovic vs B Rabar  1-0321939Yugoslav Amateur ChampionshipD00 Queen's Pawn Game
12. B Rabar vs M Subaric  ½-½351939Yugoslav Amateur ChampionshipD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
13. B Rabar vs L Gabrovsek  1-0341939Yugoslav Amateur ChampionshipE18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
14. Gligoric vs B Rabar 1-0281939Yugoslav Amateur ChampionshipE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
15. J Sorli vs B Rabar  1-0371939Yugoslav Amateur ChampionshipC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
16. M Milan vs B Rabar  1-0341941Trencianske TepliceD59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
17. B Rabar vs C Ahues  0-1281941Trencianske TepliceE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
18. J Foltys vs B Rabar  1-0481941Trencianske TepliceC10 French
19. B Rabar vs G Fuster  0-1301941Trencianske TepliceD24 Queen's Gambit Accepted
20. C H Meyer vs B Rabar  0-1331941Trencianske TepliceD59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
21. B Rabar vs K Opocensky  0-1301941Trencianske TepliceD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. K Hucl vs B Rabar  0-1461941Trencianske TepliceC29 Vienna Gambit
23. Saemisch vs B Rabar  0-1481941Trencianske TepliceE21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights
24. J Szily vs B Rabar  1-0401941Trencianske TepliceC10 French
25. B Rabar vs G Fuster  0-1531941MunichB40 Sicilian
 page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 633  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-23-05  Resignation Trap: Yugoslavia hosted the first Olimpiad after World War II in Dubrovnik. The host team finished first, and Rabar, with the score of eight wins and two draws, had the best overall percentage of the event.
Sep-27-07  pawnofdoom: Player of the Day!
Happy Birthday Rabar! Today's almost over and I'm surprised no one else kitibtzed

An impressive game by him that got the game of the day. Too bad he wasn't the one who won it

B Rabar vs Stoltz, 1941

Aug-10-08  myschkin: . . .

http://www.evrado.com/chess/katalog...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encycl...

Sep-27-10  BIDMONFA: Braslav Rabar

RABAR, Braslav
http://www.bidmonfa.com/rabar_brasl...
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Sep-27-10  YoungEd: Perhaps the strongest player with a palindromic name?
Sep-27-10  TheTamale: <YoungEd>: I always thought Level 12 was the strongest player with a palindromic name, but then I realized the 12 at the end disqualifies it.
Nov-25-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: <Resignation Trap>Yugoslavia hosted the first Olimpiad after World War II in Dubrovnik. The host team finished first, and Rabar, with the score of eight wins and two draws, had the best overall percentage of the event.

<Resignation Trap>,
Rabar won the Gold Medal for the best score on Board 4. Larry Evans also scored 90%, but did not play as many games as Rabar.

Sep-27-12  brankat: R.I.P. old friend.
Sep-27-13  brankat: The same.
Oct-08-20  login:

Some years ago our 'colleagues' at https://sah.hr/forum/index.php have created an informative thread (special shoutout to user perovk, vsadek) about this memorable Croatian player and prominent chess figure from Zagreb

https://sah.hr/forum/index.php?topi...



'.. Braslav was a great erudite, a great player, a brilliant radio and television commentator, an excellent coach and pedagogue, he was the greatest promoter of the ancient game in the history of Croatian chess. ..'

Article in Croatian by GM Vladimir Kovacevic http://sahklube4.hr/braslav_rabar/



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