Milan Matulović

(Serbian: Milan Matuloviћ); June 10, 1935, Belgrade - October 9, 2013, ibid) was a Serbian, formerly Yugoslavian, chess player; Grandmaster since 1965. Champion of Yugoslavia in 1965 and 1967 During a 1967 inter-zonal tournament in Sousse, Milan, after making a losing move, said "J'adoube" ("Correcting") and put the move back. His opponent, Istvan Bilek, appealed to the referee, but the latter left the incident without consequences. After this incident, Matulović earned the nickname "Žadubović". During the tournament Milan took 9th place.

In 1967 he won the match against W. Ullmann, 2½ : 1½. In 1970 he became a participant in the "match of the century", losing on board 8 to M. Botvinnik, 1½ : 2½.

Was a member of the Palma Interzonal in 1970, where he placed 18th-19th. As a member of the team

Yugoslavia participated in 5 Olympiads (1964-1972), where he played 78 games, scoring 60 points.

Best results in other international competitions: Sarajevo (1959) - 3-4th, 1960 - 3rd, 1961 - 3-4th, 1965 - 2-3rd, 1969 - 2nd, 1971 - 1-3rd, 1976 - 2-3rd; Natanja (1961) - 1-3rd; Niksic (1961) - 1st; Poljanica-Zdrj (1963) - 3rd; Sochi (1966) - 3-4th; Skopje (1967 and 1969) - 2-3rd and 1-2nd; Athens (1969) - 1st; Belgrade (1969 and 1979) - 1-4th and 3-4th; Sombor (1972) - 4th; Prokuplje (1973) - 1-2nd; Zagreb (1973) - 1st; Novi Sad (1973) - 2nd; Kragujevac (1974) - 4th; Baimok (1975) - 1-3rd; Birmingham, Stipe and Majdanpek (1975) - 1st; Vrbas (1976) - 1st; Havre (1977) - 4th; Opatija (1978) - 1st; Ruma (1978) - 3rd; Osijek (1980) - 1-2nd; Borovo (1980) - 1st; Helsinki (1981) - 1-2nd; Vinkovci (1982) - 2nd; Ciupria (1986) - 2nd; Banja Luka (1987) - 3-5th.

Chess player of active positional style, was engaged in the search for new ways in the opening theory. In the Sicilian defense Matulovich's "gambit" is known - 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cd 3.c3 dc 4.K:c3.

Matulovich's career was affected by a car accident: the grandmaster was found guilty of an accident that resulted in the death of a woman, and spent nine months in pris

Extern Links
Morra Gambit

ca.2000 plays by Matulović
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