Juraj Nikolac


Juraj Nikolac is a Croatian, formerly Yugoslav, chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster in 1979. He previously held the International Master title since 1975. Nikolac was born in Metković and is a retired physics teacher.
He finished 3= behind Aleksandar Matanović in the 1978 Yugoslav championship. His international tournament successes include:
He is the author of a number of theoretical studies. With the death of Aleksandar Matanović in August 2023, Nikolac became the oldest living grandmaster in the world, until February 2024 when Andreas Dückstein and Iivo Nei were given honorary grandmaster titles.