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Bogdan Lalic
B Lalic 
 

Number of games in database: 1,490
Years covered: 1979 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2307 (2381 rapid, 2413 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2600
Overall record: +477 -109 =859 (62.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 45 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (110) 
    E97 E94 E92 E60 E81
 Queen's Gambit Declined (58) 
    D35 D37 D30 D31 D36
 Nimzo Indian (50) 
    E32 E21 E38 E53 E39
 Slav (44) 
    D10 D15 D17 D11 D14
 Queen's Indian (43) 
    E15 E12 E17 E16 E13
 Modern Benoni (42) 
    A57 A58 A70 A56 A62
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (116) 
    B22 B33 B30 B90 B51
 French Defense (64) 
    C07 C01 C11 C02 C19
 Grunfeld (60) 
    D85 D91 D76 D97 D94
 Ruy Lopez (45) 
    C69 C67 C92 C77 C84
 Queen's Pawn Game (43) 
    D02 A45 A40 E00 D00
 English (43) 
    A15 A13 A10 A12 A17
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Lalic vs V Kovacevic, 1995 1-0
   B Lalic vs E Kengis, 1997 1-0
   B Lalic vs Shirov, 1994 1/2-1/2
   S Abu Sufian vs B Lalic, 2008 0-1
   B Lalic vs K Spraggett, 1996 1/2-1/2
   B Lalic vs L Trent, 2008 1-0
   R Willmoth vs B Lalic, 2001 0-1
   R Nanjo vs B Lalic, 2014 0-1
   B Lalic vs J Rowson, 1999 1-0
   B Lalic vs J C Hannet, 1998 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Isle of Man Open (1994)
   Sarajevo (1988)
   Croatian Championship (1995)
   Zaragoza Open-A (1995)
   Seville Open (2001)
   British Championship (1999)
   Dresden Open (1998)
   Moratalaz Open (2001)
   Yugoslav Championship (1989)
   Hastings 2007/08 (2008)
   Pula Open (1997)
   Goodricke Open (2000)
   Toulouse Open (1990)
   Novi Sad Olympiad (1990)
   4NCL 2011/12 (2012)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 23rd Marienbad A1 GM
   H Besou vs B Lalic (Jan-25-25) 1-0
   B Lalic vs A Korobov (Jan-24-25) 1/2-1/2
   J Baum vs B Lalic (Jan-23-25) 1/2-1/2
   B Lalic vs R Cvek (Jan-22-25) 1/2-1/2
   S Otsuka vs B Lalic (Jan-21-25) 1/2-1/2

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BOGDAN LALIC
(born Mar-08-1964, 61 years old) Croatia

[what is this?]

Bogdan Lalic was awarded the GM title in 1988. He was 1st= at Pleven 1987, 1st= at Sarajevo 1988 and outright 1st at the 17th Cesenatico Open in Italy. Although registered with the Croatian Federation he is now playing in England.

He was married to Susan Lalic but is now divorced. Together they have a son Peter D Lalic, born 1994.

Wikipedia article: Bogdan Lalić

Last updated: 2022-06-04 20:17:42

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 page 1 of 60; games 1-25 of 1,497  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Nenadovic vs B Lalic  1-0441979Yugoslav First LeagueC15 French, Winawer
2. M Boric vs B Lalic  ½-½681979Yugoslav First LeagueA48 King's Indian
3. Djordjevic vs B Lalic  0-1311979Yugoslav First LeagueA22 English
4. I Zivanovic vs B Lalic  ½-½381979Yugoslav First LeagueA05 Reti Opening
5. O Cvitan vs B Lalic  1-0471980Yugoslav Junior ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
6. Z Petronijevic vs B Lalic  0-1551981Yugoslav First LeagueC07 French, Tarrasch
7. B Lalic vs V Vujacic  0-1441981Yugoslav First LeagueD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
8. M Lazic vs B Lalic  ½-½571981Yugoslav First LeagueC07 French, Tarrasch
9. B Lalic vs M Jukic  1-0391981Yugoslav First LeagueE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
10. B Lalic vs S Zakic  ½-½461981Yugoslav First LeagueE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
11. I Zivanovic vs B Lalic  ½-½601981Yugoslav First LeagueA57 Benko Gambit
12. B Lalic vs M Drasko  ½-½191981Yugoslav First LeagueE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
13. N Sulava vs B Lalic  ½-½271981Yugoslav First LeagueA15 English
14. B Lalic vs M Jukic  1-0431982Yugoslav First LeagueA62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation
15. T Paunovic vs B Lalic  0-1371982Yugoslav First LeagueD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
16. B Lalic vs I Zivanovic  ½-½471982Yugoslav First LeagueA53 Old Indian
17. S Zakic vs B Lalic  0-1361982Yugoslav First LeagueB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
18. B Lalic vs L Gruic  ½-½411982Yugoslav First LeagueA62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation
19. S Zelenika vs B Lalic  ½-½151982Yugoslav First LeagueC03 French, Tarrasch
20. B Lalic vs S Vratonjic  1-0411982Yugoslav First LeagueA65 Benoni, 6.e4
21. M Lazic vs B Lalic  ½-½181982Yugoslav First LeagueC01 French, Exchange
22. B Lalic vs M Drasko  ½-½121982Yugoslav First LeagueE41 Nimzo-Indian
23. M Cebalo vs B Lalic  1-0671983Yugoslav ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
24. D Paunovic vs B Lalic  ½-½181983Yugoslav ChampionshipD25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
25. B Lalic vs J Barle  1-0541983Yugoslav ChampionshipE39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
 page 1 of 60; games 1-25 of 1,497  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-20-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Lalic was originally a Yugoslav GM. FIDE says he now plays for England. Chessmetrics.com has him peaking at #90 in the world in 1997.

Here are critical positions from some of his games not shown here: http://www.wtharvey.com/lali.html

Mar-08-06  BIDMONFA: Bogdan Lalic

LALIC, Bogdan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/lalic_bogda...
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Mar-08-06  alicefujimori: I quite liked Lalic's, "The Grunfeld for the Attacking Player." It demonstrated some of the themes and ideas behind many Grunfeld lines quite well. Especially when there aren't that many Grunfeld books out there.
Jun-02-08  stanleys: My game against GM Lalic in a rapid tournament last month:

Lalic (2514) - stanleys (2240)

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Na6 8.0-0 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.a3 c6 12.b4 Nc7 13.Ra2 f5 14.h3 ed4 15.Nxd4 Nh6 16.ef5 Nxf5 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Bb2 Qg5 19.Qc1 Qh4 20.Nd1 Rae8 21.Bxg7+ Kxg7 22.Qc3+ Qf6 23.Qxf6+ Kxf6 24.Ne3 Be6 25.Rd2 d5 26.cd5 Nxd5 1/2 - 1/2

Mar-08-09  brankat: Happy Birthday Bogdan!
Feb-28-11  wordfunph: excerpt from the book Smart Chip from St. Petersburg by GM Genna Sosonko..

In one of the rounds of the Leningrad Spartakiad of 1967 I was playing on the board next to Chepukaitis. During his game with Ruban, Chip kept going out to the foyer to smoke and talk with friends, coming back to the hall only to quickly make his next move. I think that if he'd had the chance to play in American tournaments, where events with classical, rapid and blitz time-controls are often held at the same time, he would have run from hall to hall, playing a few games simultaneously, as, for example, the British grandmaster Bogdan Lalic does.

♔♕♗

Mar-08-12  brankat: <..he would have run from hall to hall, playing a few games simultaneously, as, for example, the British grandmaster Bogdan Lalic does.> That's funny.

Happy Birthday GM Lalic!

Mar-08-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Happy Birthday POTD.
Jan-19-14  MarkFinan: I've just called this guy "A fine British player!", and even though his name's hardly typically English, it says above he's Croatian! I can assure the owners of this site he's English and plays in leagues and tournaments over here. He's a British citizen, I should say.

😃

Jun-08-16  GrandMaesterPycelle: Ah, Valery Salov's partner in insanity.
Nov-01-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: He has a 106 game unbeaten streak! which unfortunately isn't officially recognized anywhere :(
Apr-05-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <Update: GM Bogdan Lalic sent us a file with 157 straight games (in PGN here) that he did not lose, played between September 5, 2010 and October 9, 2011. 133 of those were Elo rated games, 24 were not rated. It should be noted that many of these games were given a draw at a very early stage; 31 draws lasted 15 moves or less.>

https://www.chess.com/news/view/she...

May-22-21  Albertan: Lalic was defeated in a tournament game by 10 year-old Frederick Waldhausen Gordon

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotlan...

Jun-04-22  BogdanLalic: GM Bogdan Lalić lost that game to 10 years old in a rapid game online it was 15 minutes per player so do not exaggerate please.
Jun-04-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: How about sending us the PGN?

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