Borislav Milic

Borislav Milić (Cyrillic Борислав Милић) (20 October 1925 – 28 May 1986) was a Yugoslav Grandmaster of chess, and a chess writer, organizer, promoter, and administrator.

Born in Belgrade, Borislav Milic was part of the group of strong Yugoslav chessplayers, along with Svetozar Gligorić, Petar Trifunovic, Vasja Pirc, Braslav Rabar, Andrija Fuderer, Nikola Karaklajic, and Borislav Ivkov, which attained prominence immediately after the end of World War II. Milic was active in tournament play from 1945 to 1967. He then developed a career as a chess administrator, and as a co-founder of the very successful Chess Informant publications, serving there as a senior editor and writer.

Milic played in 14 Yugoslav Chess Championship finals from 1945 to 1962, usually attaining good results. He was never able to win the national championship, which during that era was the second strongest in the world, behind only the Soviet Union, but he had several near-misses. Milic's best results in national championships included 4th at Novi Sad 1945 with 15/23, 5th at Belgrade 1948 with 9.5/17, shared 4–5th at Ljubljana 1951 with 10/17, shared 3rd–5th at Belgrade 1952 with 12/19, shared 4–6th at Zagreb 1953 with 10.5/17, shared 4–5th at Novi Sad 1955 with 10/17, and shared 4–7th at Kragujevac 1959 with 10/17.

He was selected for Yugoslav national teams in matches against the Netherlands, West Germany, USA, Switzerland, Hungary, and the Soviet Union. Milic was chosen for Yugoslav chess Olympiad teams twice, and for European Championship teams twice, winning team medals on each occasion. In 27 games, he scored (+8 =18 -1), for 69 per cent. His Olympiad and Euroteams results follow.

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