Bojan Kurajica (born 15 November 1947, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian-Bosnian (formerly Yugoslavian) chess grandmaster (GM).
Kurajica earned the International Master (IM) title in 1965 by winning the World Junior Championship. He was awarded the GM title in 1974.
He played for Yugoslavia in Chess Olympiads at La Valletta 1980 (won team bronze medal) and Thessaloniki 1984. After the collapse of Yugoslavia, he represented eight times Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1992 to 2006 (won team silver medal at Moscow 1994).[1]
In December 2005 Kurajica won the 13th Salona Tournament in Solin.[2] In the same year he was awarded the title of FIDE Trainer.[3][4]
On the November 2009 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2517.
References
- ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Bojan Kurajica". OlimpBase. http://www.olimpbase.org/players/8scag8cf.html. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ Crowther, Mark (2005-12-19). "TWIC 580: 13th Salona Tournament". London Chess Center. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic580.html#6. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ "Arbiters - Trainers: Bojan Kurajica". World Chess Federation. http://www.fide.com/info/arbiters-trainers?task=arbiter&aid=1983. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
- ^ Global Chess Academy - FIDE Certified Trainers
External links
- FIDE rating card for Bojan Kurajica
- Bojan Kurajica player profile at ChessGames.com
- Bojan Kurajica at 365Chess.com
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