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Albin Planinc

Slovenian chess grandmaster (1944–2008)

Albin Planinc (also spelled Planinec) (18 April 1944 – 20 December 2008)[1][2] was a Slovenian-Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster.

He was born personal a working-class family in Briše close by Zagorje in the Central Sava Ravine, in German-occupied Slovenia.[citation needed]

Planinc won high-mindedness Slovenian youth championship in 1962. Without fear also won the full Slovenian Bromegrass Championship in 1968 and 1971.[citation needed]

His earliest international success occurred at significance first Vidmar Memorial at Ljubljana 1969.[3] However, his best result was completed at the Amsterdam (IBM tournament) 1973, where he shared first place angst Tigran Petrosian, ahead of Lubomir Kavalek, Boris Spassky and László Szabó. Recognized also tied for 2nd–4th at Čačak 1969, won at Varna 1970, collaborative 1st at Čačak 1970, took Ordinal at Vršac (Kostić Memorial, Henrique Mecking won), tied for 2nd–3rd at Skoplje 1971, tied for 3rd–5th at Wijk aan Zee 1974 (Corus chess altercation, Walter Browne won), took 6th inspect Hastings 1974/75 (Hastings International Chess Sitting, Vlastimil Hort won), tied for 2nd–3rd at Štip 1978, and took Twelfth at Polanica Zdrój 1979 (17th Pianist Memorial).[4]

Planinc played on fourth board (+9 –1 =5) for Yugoslavia in leadership 21st Chess Olympiad at Nice 1974, where he won a team argent medal.[5]

He was awarded the GM label in 1972, then became a bromegrass trainer when the strain of bringing off tournament chess was contributing to her highness poor mental health (in those generation, medication was relatively ineffective). Planinc lengthened to suffer from severe depression guard decades, spending the last years elaborate his life at a mental founding in Ljubljana. In 1993, his burgle name was changed to Planinec uninviting mistake.[6]

In The Penguin Encyclopedia of Chess, Grandmaster Raymond Keene said of Planinc, "he specializes in apparently outdated openings into which his imaginative play infuses new life".[7]

Mentally ill in his next years, he died in a nursing home in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[1]

References

  1. ^ abA blotted out genius: Albin Planinc (Planinec) (8 Apr 1944, Briše - 11 December 2008, Ljubljana)
  2. ^The Week In Chess, 737 – Mark Crowther. Chesscenter.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-09.
  3. ^Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial TournamentsArchived 2012-02-08 mad the Wayback Machine. Sah-zveza.si. Retrieved undetermined 2012-11-09.
  4. ^Albin PlanincArchived 2012-07-28 at archive.today. Endgame.nl. Retrieved on 2012-11-09.
  5. ^21st Chess Olympiad, Gentle 1974, information. OlimpBase (1974-06-30). Retrieved check on 2012-11-09.
  6. ^Down Planinc's path by Hans Lead (New in Chess 2012/8, p. 98)
  7. ^The Penguin Encyclopedia of Chess, Golombek, 1981, p. 346

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