The game of the day from Serbian and Yugoslav chess. Click to play through move by move.
Svetozar Gligorić travels to Leningrad with Yugoslavia for the 1957 match against the USSR. Across the board sits Alexander Tolush, known for his attacking play. Gligorić has White in an encounter between two chess traditions and two strong national teams.
This is the Velimirovic Attack in its purest form: a knight sacrifice on f5 as early as move 14, and suddenly the black king is left…
The Tournament of Peace in Zagreb, 1970: with Black, Gliga pulls out his beloved King's Indian and, instead of waiting quietly, laun…
This is Ljuba at his very best: against the legendary Korchnoi in Linares in 1985 he drives his kingside pawns forward and the whole…
A Winawer to savour: Ivkov takes on g7 and h7 without hesitation, lets Portisch open lines, and then drives the black king from d8 a…
This is the Matulovic we loved: the Austrian Attack against the Pirc Defence, then a cold-blooded knight sacrifice on f5 and Tringov…
Portoroz 1958: Tal thunders through the Interzonal and wins it, and the only man who managed to beat him was our own Matanovic. And…
Lugano 1988, two eighteen-year-olds at the board: Alisa Maric with Black against the future world champion Anand. She chooses a Sici…
Round seven of the 2024 European Championship in Petrovac: with Black, Indjic beats the top seed Fedoseev and gathers the momentum t…
Vučković sacrifices a knight on e6 to draw the black king into the centre. Marinković keeps the game going, but 22...Bc8 invites ano…
Serbia face Russia at the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø. Robert Markuš has White for Serbia against Peter Svidler, one of the Russia…
The 2008 Bora Kostić Memorial in Vršac brings together two familiar names from Serbian chess: Nikola Sedlak and Miloš Perunović. The…
The 1991 Investbanka tournament in Belgrade pairs Gata Kamsky with Branko Damljanović. The home grandmaster has White, with the even…
It is round eight of the 2025 European Women’s Championship in Rhodes. Serbia’s Teodora Injac has Black against Bella Khotenashvili.…
Experienced Serbian grandmaster Ivan Ivanišević faces Alexandra Zherebtsova in the 2026 Belgrade Premier League. Ivanišević has Whit…
Velimir Ivić meets Erwin L’Ami in round six of the 2026 Tata Steel Challengers. The Serbian grandmaster has White against his Dutch…
Rijeka hosts the 1963 women’s team match between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. Milunka Lazarević has Black against reigning world…
Alexey Sarana arrives at the 2023 World Cup in Baku as European champion and a representative of Serbia. His fourth-round opponent i…
Miloš Perunović represents Serbia at the 2015 European Team Championship in Reykjavik. He has White against French grandmaster Romai…
Two generations meet at the 52nd Yugoslav Championship in Nikšić in 1997. Aleksandar Kovačević has White against Svetozar Gligorić,…
Smederevska Palanka, round five in 1956: Nikola Karaklajić has White against Austria’s Karl Robatsch. Karaklajić is also remembered…
At the traditional Hastings tournament of 1974/75, Rafael Vaganian has White against Albin Planinc. The Slovenian grandmaster of the…
Karlsbad 1929 brings together leading masters of the era. In round sixteen, Milan Vidmar, who combined his chess career with work in…
Svetozar Gligorić travels to Leningrad with Yugoslavia for the 1957 match against the USSR. Across the board sits Alexander Tolush,…