Bogdan Lalić


Bogdan Lalić is a Croatian chess grandmaster. He has the record of an unbeaten streak of 155 games.
He was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in 1964. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1985, and the Grandmaster title in 1988.

Notable achievements

  • finished equal first at the GM Closed Pleven 1987 and GM Closed Sarajevo 1988 tournaments
  • 1987: shared 1–3 I Ciudad de Badajoz Open, the winner on Bucholz
  • 1987: winner of Avignon
  • 1987: winner of 12th Aubervilliers Rapidplay
  • 1988: winner of XVII Ciudad de Sevilla Open
  • 1988: shared 1st place in Berlin Sommer Open
  • 1991: shared 1st to 3rd place in Neu Isenburg Open
  • 1994: shared 1–2 with GM Branko Damljanović in IV Paz de Ziganda Memorial Rapidplay
  • 1994: winner of Port Erin Open
  • 1994: shared 1–2nd in XIV Benasque Open but 2nd place due to worse Bucholz
  • 1995: winner of Chess Classic Frankfurt West Schnellschach
  • 1995–1996: shared 1st–3rd in Hastings Premier
  • 1999: shared 1st–2nd in Kilkenny Masters
  • 2000: winner of II Memorial Pedro Zabala
  • 2000: winner of III Memorial Zuri Baltza
  • 2001: shared 1st–4th in XXXI Rilton Cup
  • 2002: winner of Redbus KO tournament Southend
  • 2003: 2nd in British Championship Rapidplay
  • 2008: shared 1st–2nd at Cork Masters
  • 2008: shared 1st–3rd in the Open Neuchatel – the winner on Bucholz
  • 2010: winner of 6th Tabor Open
  • 2012: shared 2nd–7th in 30th Ville de Metz Open tournament
  • 2012: shared 1st–2nd place Pardubice Rapidplay together with GM Rainer Buhmann
  • September 2012: winner of the closed GM tournament First Saturday in Budapest
  • 2013: shared 1st–3rd, the winner on Bucholz in Jaen IM closed tournament
  • 2013: winner of XVII Torneo scacchi Cesenatico 2013
  • 2016: shared 1st at 12th Tabor Open
He achieved his highest rating of 2600 in 1997. Although registered with the Croatian Federation, he divides his time between playing abroad and making frequent visits to England. He was once married to International Master Susan Lalic, England's first woman to hold the IM title, but they are now divorced. Together, they have a son, Peter Lalić, born 1994, who is also a strong chess player.
Lalic and Sergei Tiviakov both claim to have played a record 110 consecutive tournament games at classical time controls without losing, although neither player faced exclusively elite-level opponents during their unbeaten streaks. Lalic's streak occurred between 5 June 2006 and 3 March 2007.

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Books

  • Bogdan Lalic, Vladimir Okhotnik, Carpathian Warrior
  • Bogdan Lalic, Vladimir Okhotnik, ''Carpathian Warrior 2''