Happened Today in the Chess World - Apr 9, 2024

AFTER VIDMAR AND PIRC

GM Stojan Puc

Today, we remember Grandmaster Stojan Puc. He was born in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, on April 9, 1921.
Puc was a four-time Slovenian champion between 1954 and 1967; he took up Vidmar's and Pirc's inheritance.
Puc was part of the team that won the Dubrovnik Olympiad in 1950. In 1984, Puc was given the Grandmaster title—deserved, anyway—as an honorary title for his career.
Puc defeated super-strong players like Bogoljubow, Gligoric, Hort, Ivkov, Uhlmann, Gheorghiu, and many others.
Puc tied his name to a variation of the Nimzo-Indian.

Stojan Puc-Zoltan Kovacs, Belgrade (Jugoslavia-Ungheria match) 1948
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