1. Borislav Ivkov was a three-time Yugoslav Champion and was the first World Junior Champion in 1951.
20 Facts About Borislav Ivkov
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Borislav Ivkov represented Yugoslavia 12 times in Olympiad competition, from 1956 to 1980, and six times in European Team Championships.
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Borislav Ivkov won numerous top-class events during his career; notable tournament triumphs include Mar del Plata 1955, Buenos Aires 1955, Beverwijk 1961, Zagreb 1965, Sarajevo 1967, Amsterdam-IBM 1974, and Moscow 1999.
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Borislav Ivkov wrote an autobiography, My 60 Years in Chess.
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Borislav Ivkov won the inaugural World Junior Chess Championship in 1951 at Birmingham; this tournament was established for players under age 20.
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Borislav Ivkov broke through into the group of the world's elite players with two brilliant results in strong tournaments in Argentina.
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Borislav Ivkov earned the first of his 12 selections to the Yugoslav Olympiad team in 1956, and was a member of the national team continuously through 1980.
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Borislav Ivkov won a total of ten team medals and four board medals during his career.
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Borislav Ivkov made his first appearance at the European team level in the inaugural event at Vienna 1957, and was chosen on five further occasions.
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Borislav Ivkov won four team medals and three board medal in Euroteams events.
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Borislav Ivkov participated in 16 editions of the USSR versus Yugoslavia matches from 1956 to 1979, more than any other Yugoslav or Soviet player.
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Borislav Ivkov played at the Interzonal level four more times, but did not advance further.
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Borislav Ivkov narrowly missed moving on at age 46 in 1979.
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Borislav Ivkov had a disappointing result at the elite Piatigorsky Cup tournament at Santa Monica, California, finishing with a minus score, as Spassky won.
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Borislav Ivkov fell out of the top 40 after 1975, and appeared less frequently in major events.
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Borislav Ivkov was awarded the International Arbiter title in 1986.
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Borislav Ivkov's last FIDE rated tournament was a "Snowdrops vs Old Hands" event held in late 2013.
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Borislav Ivkov defeated five World Champions: Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Bobby Fischer, and Anatoly Karpov.
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Borislav Ivkov scored wins over most of the top players of his era, except Mikhail Botvinnik and Paul Keres.
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Borislav Ivkov's style is classical, and he opened regularly with both 1.