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Place of Birth: Belgrade, Belgrade District
About Borislav Ivkov
- Borislav Ivkov (born November 12, 1933 in Belgrade) is a Serbian chess Grandmaster.
- He was a World championship candidate in 1965, and played in four more Interzonal tournaments, in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979. He is a three-time Yugoslav Champion (1958 joint, 1963 joint, 1972) and was the first World Junior Champion in 1951. Ivkov represented Yugoslavia 12 times in Olympiad competition, from 1956 to 1980, and six times in European Team Championships. 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.
- For more than 15 years from the mid-1950s, he was the second-ranking Yugoslav player, after Svetozar Gligoric. He has written his autobiography: My 60 Years in Chess.
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