Krunoslav Hulak
Croatian chess grandmaster (1951–2015)
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Country | Yugoslavia → Croatia |
Born | (1951-05-25)25 May 1951 Osijek, Yugoslavia |
Died | 23 October 2015(2015-10-23) (aged 64) Zagreb, Croatia |
Title | Grandmaster (1976) |
Peak rating | 2570 (October 2002) |
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Krunoslav Hulak (25 May 1951 – 23 October 2015) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1974, and the grandmaster title in 1976 by FIDE.[1]
Career
Hulak won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1976 and the Croatian Chess Championship in 2005.[2]
His other notable tournament performances have been:
- Varna 1974 equal 1st
- Lublin 1976 equal 2nd
- Amsterdam IBM tournament 1977 2nd
- Osijek 1980 equal 1st
- Sombor 1980 equal 1st
- Budva 1981 2nd
- Banja Luka 1983 equal 1st
- Zagreb 1985 2nd
- Wijk aan Zee-B 1986 1st
- Banja Luka 1987 equal 1st
- Solin 2000 2nd
He played twice in the interzonal tournaments, finishing 11th at Toluca 1982 and 12th at Zagreb 1987.[3]
Hulak played thrice for Yugoslavia (1982, 1986, 1990) and thrice for Croatia (1992, 1994, 1996) in the Chess Olympiad.[4]
References
- ^ "Hulak, Krunoslav FIDE Chess Profile". ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ TWIC 576: Croatian Championship. The Week in Chess. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site Archived April 14, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Chessmetrics.com (2005-03-26). Retrieved on 2012-11-10.
- ^ Krunoslav Hulak team chess record at Olimpbase.org
- Tužna vijest za hrvatski šah: Bio je omiljen... (in Croatian)
External links
Media related to Krunoslav Hulak at Wikimedia Commons
- Krunoslav Hulak chess games at 365Chess.com
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