Andrija Fuderer was a Croatia

Croatia

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n–Belgian chess master

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At the beginning of his career, he won the Yugoslav Junior Chess Championship in 1947. He was the 1951 Croatian champion, and was a common participant in the Yugoslav Chess Championship

Yugoslav Chess Championship

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 tying for 2nd in 1951 (Braslav Rabar

Braslav Rabar

Braslav Rabar was a Croatian chess International Master and chess writer. He was Yugoslav champion in 1951, and in 1953 again tied for the tournament lead, but lost a playoff match. He played for Yugoslavia in three chess Olympiads , winning a total of five medals...

 won), took 2nd, behind Petar Trifunović

Petar Trifunovic

Dr. Petar Trifunović was an International Grandmaster and Serbian Champion of chess...

, in 1952, and won (jointly) in 1953.

In other tournaments, he took 4th at Bled 1950 (Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation....

 won), shared 2nd, behind Albéric O'Kelly de Galway

Albéric O'Kelly de Galway

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, at Dortmund 1951, took 5th at Beverwijk 1952 (Max Euwe

Max Euwe

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 won).

Fuderer won at Saarbrücken 1953, took 2nd at Opatija (Abbazia) 1953 (Aleksandar Matanović

Aleksandar Matanovic

Aleksandar Matanović is a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was born in Belgrade.Awarded the GM title in 1955, he was junior champion of Yugoslavia in 1948 and Yugoslav national champion in 1962 , 1969 and 1978...

 won), took 4th at Munich 1954 (zonal, Wolfgang Unzicker

Wolfgang Unzicker

Wolfgang Unzicker was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970.He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead....

 won), tied for 3rd-5th at Hastings 1954/55 (Paul Keres

Paul Keres

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 and Vasily Smyslov

Vasily Smyslov

Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions . Smyslov was twice equal first at the Soviet Championship , and his total of 17 Chess Olympiad medals won...

 won), and tied for 14-15th at Gotheburg 1955 (interzonal, David Bronstein

David Bronstein

David Ionovich Bronstein was a Soviet chess grandmaster, who narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics...

 won). After that last failure, he left chess for a University career in chemistry.
He earned PhD degree from the University of Zagreb, and became a famous inventor.

Andrija Fuderer played thrice for Yugoslavia in Chess Olympiads:

• In 1952 in Helsinki (+2 –0 =3), won team bronze medal;
• In 1954 in Amsterdam (+6 –1 =5), team bronze and individual silver medals;
• In 1958 in Munich (+8 –2 =1), team silver and individual bronze medals.

He also played in the 1st European Team Chess Championship at Vienna 1957, and won team silver medal.

Awarded the International Master title in 1952, and an honorary GM title in 1990.

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