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Borislav Milić (Cyrillic: Борислав Милић; 20 October 1925 – 28 May 1986) was a Yugoslav Grandmaster of
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, and a chess writer, organizer, promoter, and administrator.


Introduction

Born in
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, Borislav Milic was part of the group of strong Yugoslav chessplayers, along with
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, Petar Trifunovic,
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, Braslav Rabar, Andrija Fuderer, Nikola Karaklajic, and
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, which attained prominence immediately after the end of World War II. Milic was active in tournament play from 1945 to 1967. He then developed a career as a chess administrator, and as a co-founder of the very successful
Chess Informant Chess Informant () is a publishing company from Belgrade, Serbia, that periodically (since 2012, four volumes per year) produces volumes of a book entitled ''Chess Informant'', as well as the ''Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings'', ''Encyclopaedia ...
publications, serving there as a senior editor and writer.


Yugoslav Championship results

Milic played in 14 Yugoslav Chess Championship finals from 1945 to 1962, usually attaining good results. He was never able to win the national championship, which during that era was the second strongest in the world, behind only the Soviet Union, but he had several near-misses. Milic's best results in national championships included 4th at
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1945 with 15/23, 5th at
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1948 with 9.5/17, shared 4–5th at
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1951 with 10/17, shared 3rd–5th at
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1952 with 12/19, shared 4–6th at
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1953 with 10.5/17, shared 4–5th at
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1955 with 10/17, and shared 4–7th at
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1959 with 10/17., the Borislav Milic results file.


Represents Yugoslavia in team play

He was selected for Yugoslav national teams in matches against the Netherlands,
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, USA, Switzerland, Hungary, and the Soviet Union. Milic was chosen for Yugoslav chess
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teams twice, and for European Championship teams twice, winning team medals on each occasion. In 27 games, he scored (+8 =18 -1), for 69 per cent. His Olympiad and Euroteams results follow.http://www.olimpbase.org/players/04g4m6uf.html (Olympiad), and http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse?04g4m6uf.html (Euroteams). *
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1952, Olympiad, 2nd reserve, +3 =2 -0, team bronze * Moscow 1956, Olympiad, 1st reserve, +3 =6 -0, team silver *
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1957, Euroteams, board 8, +0 =4 -0, team silver *
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1961, Euroteams, board 8, +2 =6 -1, team silver.


International highlights

Milic tied 2nd-4th at
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1951-52.http://www.chessgames.com, the Borislav Milic player profile. He tied 2nd–3rd at
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1951 with 7/11. He tied 2nd–3rd at
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1952 with 12.5/19, his best performance rating at 2709. He won at the traditional
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Hoogovens in 1955 with 6.5/9. He was 2nd at
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1955 with 11/17. He won at Krynica 1956 with 9.5/13. He tied for 3rd–4th at
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1961 with 6.5/11. He was awarded the
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title from
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, the
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, in 1952, but had to wait until 1977, ten years after he had retired from top-class play, to receive the Grandmaster title, in recognition of his earlier strong performances.


Chess administrator, writer

Milic retired from top-class play after 1967, and served as General Secretary of the Yugoslav Chess Federation. He was one of the group of pioneering originators of the
Chess Informant Chess Informant () is a publishing company from Belgrade, Serbia, that periodically (since 2012, four volumes per year) produces volumes of a book entitled ''Chess Informant'', as well as the ''Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings'', ''Encyclopaedia ...
publications. Beginning in 1966, led by Alexander Matanovic, Chess Informant systematized opening classifications, game information, and analysis to a much deeper level of sophistication, and produced volumes of annotated games from major events involving top players, using a languageless set of symbols for worldwide appeal. Their books sold well around the world, and played a vital role in the development and popularization of chess. The Chess Informant project has been called the most important in chess publication history. Milic also worked with the New In Chess group of publications, producing articles and openings keybooks.


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* 1925 births 1986 deaths Serbian chess players Yugoslav chess players Chess Grandmasters Chess writers Chess officials {{Yugoslav Chess Championship Chess Olympiad competitors