Mato Damjanović was a Croatian chess grandmaster who represented Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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 in international team events. In 1964 he became the second Croatian grandmaster, after Mijo Udovčić

Mijo Udovčić

Mijo Udovčić was a Yugoslavian chess player, who became the first Croatian Grandmaster in 1962. Jointly with Borislav Ivkov, he won the Yugoslav championships in 1963.-Background:...

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Damjanović represented Yugoslavia at first reserve board (+6 -2 =2) in the 14th Chess Olympiad

14th Chess Olympiad

The 14th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between October 26 and November 9, 1960, in Leipzig, East Germany.-References:...

 at Leipzig

Leipzig

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 1960, and won individual silver and team bronze medals there. There was a second, more modest appearance for the national team at the European Team Championship, held in Hamburg

Hamburg

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 1965. His score of +1 -2 =6 was however good enough to contribute to a team silver medal. He was awarded the International Master title in 1962, and the Grandmaster title in 1964.

A prolific tournament player, he participated in hundreds of events during the 1960s and 1970s, his most active period. Although his results were very mixed, they included first or second place at a number of tournaments; principally, second equal at Sochi

Sochi

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 1964 (Chigorin

Mikhail Chigorin

Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin also was a leading Russian chess player...

 Memorial), first at Rovigo

Rovigo

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 1966, first at San Benedetto del Tronto

San Benedetto del Tronto

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 1966, first equal at Paris

Paris

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 1967/8, first at Zagreb

Zagreb

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 1969, second equal at Netanya

Netanya

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 1969, first equal at Bad Pyrmont

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 1970, second at Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia

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 1971/2, first at Firenze

Firenze

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 1972, second equal at Zagreb 1972, second at Birmingham

Birmingham

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 1976, second equal at Vukovar

Vukovar

Vukovar is a city in eastern Croatia, and the biggest river port in Croatia located at the confluence of the Vuka river and the Danube. Vukovar is the center of the Vukovar-Syrmia County...

 1976, first equal at Virovitica

Virovitica

Virovitica is a Croatian town near the Croatian-Hungarian border. It is situated near the Drava river and belongs to the historic region of Slavonia. Virovitica has a population of 14,663, with 21,327 people in the municipality...

1976 and second equal at Birmingham 1977.