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Nikola Karaklajic

NIKOLA KARAKLAJIC (born Feb-24-1926, died Dec-16-2008, 82 years old) Yugoslavia (federation/nationality Serbia) [what is this?] He was awarded the IM title in 1955. He was 1st in the "Masters" section at Beverwijk Hoogovens 1967. The "Grandmasters" section was won by Boris Spassky. He is the first notable exponent and probably inventor of the Belgrade Gambit. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1955, competed in the 12th Chess Olympiad, Belgian Chess Championship, European Team Chess Championship and played notable games with Hans Berliner, Borislav Ivkov and others as part of the peer group of strong Yugoslav players contemporary with Borislav Milić. Aside from chess Karaklajić is also known as a radio personality on Radio Belgrade (1957-1982) and for his interest in rock music featured in the documentary Rockovnik. He was first editor in chief of Džuboks (i.e. Jukebox) magazine and once arranged visas for Zlatni Dečaci by representing the band members as young chess players. He organized the first concert of YU grupa and featured on YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. His radio show Nedeljom u devet i pet (Sunday at 9:05), which he produced and hosted, introduced bands such as Samonikli. http://www.fide.com/component/conte... Wikipedia article: Nikola Karaklajić Gino Di Felice, "Chess Results 1964-1967" pp.358-359 Jeremy Gaige, "Chess Personalia" p.204 Last updated: 2024-09-01 13:54:09

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page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 781  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Majstorovic vs N Karaklajic   1-0 30 1948 Serbian Amateur Championship C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. N Karaklajic vs R Markovic   1-0 31 1948 Serbian Amateur Championship B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 3. V Jovanovic vs N Karaklajic   0-1 20 1948 Serbian Amateur Championship D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 4. I Lesnik vs N Karaklajic   1-0 16 1948 Yugoslav Semifinal Center C13 French 5. M Vidmar Jr vs N Karaklajic   ½-½ 26 1948 Yugoslav First League D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 6. B Milic vs N Karaklajic   ½-½ 34 1948 Yugoslav First League D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 7. S Vukovic vs N Karaklajic   1-0 21 1948 Yugoslav First League D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. D Andric vs N Karaklajic   0-1 54 1949 Smederevska Palanka D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. A Matanovic vs N Karaklajic   1-0 27 1949 Belgrade Championship C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. S Vukovic vs N Karaklajic   1-0 31 1949 Belgrade Championship D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 11. B Simonovic vs N Karaklajic   1-0 23 1949 Yugoslav Second League E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 12. N Karaklajic vs M Trajkovic   1-0 60 1949 Yugoslav Semifinal South C56 Two Knights 13. N Karaklajic vs J Susnik   1-0 43 1949 Yugoslav Semifinal South B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 14. N Kulzinski vs N Karaklajic   0-1 85 1949 Yugoslav Semifinal South A02 Bird's Opening 15. B Pavlovic vs N Karaklajic   0-1 20 1949 Yugoslav Semifinal South E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 16. V Slokan vs N Karaklajic   1-0 34 1949 Yugoslav Semifinal South D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 17. N Karaklajic vs S Puc   0-1 26 1949 Yugoslav First League C47 Four Knights 18. N Karaklajic vs Gligoric   0-1 40 1949 Yugoslav First League B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 19. N Karaklajic vs B Rabar   1-0 34 1949 Yugoslav First League B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 20. N Karaklajic vs B Simonovic   1-0 34 1949 Yugoslav Championship E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 21. S Vukovic vs N Karaklajic   1-0 43 1949 Yugoslav Championship D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. N Karaklajic vs A Matanovic   0-1 48 1949 Yugoslav Championship B10 Caro-Kann 23. Kostic vs N Karaklajic   0-1 36 1949 Yugoslav Championship B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 24. N Karaklajic vs Gligoric   0-1 37 1949 Yugoslav Championship C13 French 25. P Trifunovic vs N Karaklajic   1-0 54 1949 Yugoslav Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 781

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Nov-28-05    Robin01: Looks like Korchnoi gave him problems. However, he did get a draw against Tal. Feb-03-06    John Abraham: At first I thought that this person was female, given the name. Feb-04-06    chessmaster pro: <John Abraham> No, Nikola is a name common used for boys in Yugoslavia.Well atleast in those times i don't know if they still like to use that name in Yugoslavia. Feb-24-06    BIDMONFA: Nikola Karaklajic KARAKLAJIC, Nikola http://www.bidmonfa.com/karaklajic_... _ Dec-18-08    Parelius: I was very priveliged to meet this great gentleman in Obrenovac just recently , very sad to hear he has passed . Rest in peace Nikola . Nov-26-14    SteinitzLives: Karaklajic had a fascinating opening repertoire, always willing to try different stuff!

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