Dragoljub Čirić
Dragoljub Miladin Čirić was a Serbian-Yugoslavian chess grandmaster.
Background
Čirić was born in Novi Sad in 1935. He gained the International Master title in 1961 and became a Grandmaster in 1965.Notable team results
Čirić played for Yugoslavia in the Olympiads of 1966 and 1968. His results were:- 17th Chess Olympiad 1966 Havana – Čirić scored a perfect 8/8 playing as second reserve, and Yugoslavia finished 4th.
- 18th Chess Olympiad 1968 Lugano – Čirić scored 5/7 and Yugoslavia finished 2nd, receiving silver medals.
- 2nd European Team Championship 1961 Oberhausen – Čirić scored 6½/9 on board 7, receiving an individual gold medal. Yugoslavia finished 2nd receiving silver medals.
- 3rd European Team Championship 1965 Hamburg – Čirić scored 4/8 on board 9, receiving an individual silver medal. Yugoslavia again finished 2nd behind USSR for team silver.
Notable individual results
- Chigorin Memorial 1965: 3rd
- Sarajevo 1966: 1st= 11/15
- Hoogovens Beverwijk 1967: 3rd
- Sarajevo 1968: 1st= 10/15