Mirko (Imre) Bröder, or Broeder, Broder, Breder (1911–1943) was a Hungarian–born Yugoslav
chess
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master.
Born in
Budapest
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, he grew up in
Novi Sad
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, Voivodina (then
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), where he studied law.
He won a simultaneous game against
Alexander Alekhine at Novi Sad 1930, took 2nd in 1930, 4th in 1931, and 2nd in 1933, all in Novi Sad (local tournaments),
tied for 4-5th at Novi Sad 1936 (the 2nd
Yugoslav Chess Championship,
Vasja Pirc won), and tied for 9-10th at Ljubljana 1938 (the 4th YUG-ch,
Boris Kostić won).
Bröder played for Yugoslavia in
3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 on eighth board (+7 −2 =8), and in the
7th Chess Olympiad at Stockholm 1937 on first reserve board (+4 −2 =7).
During
World War II
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, he died at the hands of the Nazis in 1943.
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1911 births
1943 deaths
Hungarian chess players
Serbian chess players
Jewish chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
Hungarian Jews
20th-century Serbian Jews
Chess players from Novi Sad
Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust
Serbian Jews who died in the Holocaust
Hungarian civilians killed in World War II
Serbian civilians killed in World War II
Hungarian emigrants
Immigrants to Yugoslavia
Yugoslav chess players
Chess players from Budapest
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