Braslav Rabar

Braslav Rabar (27 September 1919, Zagreb – 6 December 1973, Zagreb) was a Croatian chess International Master (1950) and chess writer. He was Yugoslav champion in 1951, and in 1953 again tied for the tournament lead, but lost a playoff match. He played for Yugoslavia in three chess Olympiads (1950, 1952, 1954), winning a total of five medals. Rabar was a co-inventor of the classification systems for the Chess Informant publications.

In 1941, he tied for 8-9th in Trentschin-Teplitz (Trencianske Teplice); the event was won by Jan Foltys. In September 1941, he tied for 9-10th in Munich (Europaturnier, Gösta Stoltz won). In December 1941, he played at second board against Ludovit Potuček (1.5 : 0.5) in a match Croatia – Slovakia in Zagreb. In September 1942, he took 12th in Munich (Europameisterschaft, 1st European Individual Chess Championship, Alexander Alekhine won). He represented the Independent State of Croatia there.

In 1945/46, he took 4th in Ljubljana; the event was won by Svetozar Gligorić. In 1949/50, he tied for 2nd-3rd, in Lucerne. In 1950, he won, ahead of Mladen Šubarić, in Zagreb (CRO-ch). In 1951, he won the 10th Yugoslav Championship in Sarajevo.

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