http://blog.chess.com/NimzoRoy/another-tribute-to-gm-gligoric

He, one of many Gms who studied chess by theirself, otodidact, hardworking,. Like his said : "nobodys teach me how to play chess".Good by the Legend.

I once played against him in a simul. I was lucky to get a draw. What impressed me was that he walked around the table before playing and gaciously met and talked with each opponent. He was such a gentleman. I did not know till recently that he opposed the Nazi movement during WWII. So, he was also a war hero.

I had the great privelige to have a nice conversation with GM Svetozar Gligoric in front of the price giving ceremony at Belgrade Trophy 2008. He was indeed a true gentleman of chess and a very fine ambassadour for his country. RIP.

Cookie3 after Nf3 and a white king move the bishop on d2 is lost.

nice article, but i have to ask a favor:  could someone please point out the "kill moves" after Nf3+?  I see that the king only has d1 or e2 to move to, but it would seem that after Ke2, white could equalize.  I would greatly appreciate the help!

crushed is right

Very grateful for this blog; so good to acknowledge and remember a great player and person like Gligo. Thanks v much. 

He was a great man.

Peace to Svetozar Gligoric, a brilliant grandmaster. 

  Indeed. He was also very `close` to Bobby, as close as one could be. Gligoric was a very modest man so he explained that using rational reasons, avoiding to stress his own qualities as a person. He mentioned Fischer`s first arrival to Europe, Belgrade, and the fact that he met Serbian players first, playing warm up games with Gligoric, Matulovic. Then he went to Portoroz for the very first tournament abroad, followed up with Zurich and then back again in Yugoslavia for WC Tourney in Bled, Zagreb and Belgrade. During all that time Bobby was close to Gligoric because he was the only other non Soviet chess player he could trust and considered dangerous to Soviets. Reshevsky was also there, but Bobby and Samuel hated each other. Later , Fischer spent months here, spending most of his time with Gligoric, GM Ivkov and chess reporter Bjelica.

Even when he abandoned chess, he decided to back up Gligoric`s FIDE presidency campaign in 1978 and that was his only public appearence in those years. 

Finally, he decided to return in 1992 being persuaded by Gligoric (and one rich bankar lol) to play match against Spassky in Belgrade and St. Stefan.

Another fine example of Gligoric`s reputation is the fact that he was the only person Karpov and Kasparov could agree about to be the chief referee of their historic match in 1984. 

Gligo was one of the greats of the modern era and one of the top non-Soviet players from the '50s into the early '80s.  For many years he produced a monthly column "Game of the Month" which examined a recent top level game in depth, with particular emphasis on the opening, for Al Horowitz' Chess Review and then for Chess Life after USCF bought out CR.  It was one of the most popular features of the magazine.

I believe he was also one of the tougher opponents for Fischer, and had a plus record against Bobby until going 0-3 in 1970 (their last three meetings).

@ ghillan I picked 3 games by Gligoric for my blogs (so far) mainly based on the fact that they are "miniatures" (ie easier for me to get posted) and of course because I thought they were great games as well. Of course there are plenty of other great games to choose from such as the one you submitted.

You can find the other 2 games by typing his name into the "search this blog" bar under my handsome(?) portrait on the top right of the page.

keep on nimzo.

@Nimzoroy: Its nice to see mention of Gligoric. Often strong players of the past are just forgoten because they are not in the "top 10 of all the times", but gligoric its one of those worth to be remembered. I think it's worth to add that he was one of the best nimzoindian expert of his time.

Personally i would have chosen a different match though. Gligorich was aiming to a "modern benoni" ( witha  different transposition), but the fifth move the white seems to me close to a blunder.

What do you think about this one against Petrosjan?

well done!

Thanks for the kind words guys this gives me the incentive to keep on doing more blogs!

Great post, NimzoRoy.

R.I.P. Grandmaster Gligoric. I'll always remember him as a great sportsman,ambassador to chess, and human! His best games will live on : Petrosian-Gligoric, King's Indian Defense, Rovinj-Zagreb 1970 ;  Gligoric-Petrosian,Benoni Defense,Belgrade, 1954 ;  Gligoric-Fischer, King's Indian Defense, Bled, 1961 (one of the immortal draws in Chess history!) etc...

    Great post and a fine game by Gligoric. I follow all Your posts and must say that I am very glad that someone invests so much effort in bringing some of the very best games from the past to us. I had a pleasure  playing against Gligoric in 1994 in a sumultaneous game. He played on 40 boards then. I lost in Najdorf`s sicilian which he always used  against Fischer. Btw, Gligoric had great influence on development of chess in our country and ofc he contributed great deal to the theory of openings, especially in King`s Indian Defence, Nimzo Indian and Ruy Lopez (the Spanish Game).