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Forgotten Genius – The Life and Games of Grandmaster Albin Planinc

Forgotten Genius This fascinating biography of over eighty-five annotated games and stories are

being presented by grandmasters Georg Mohr and Adrian Mikhalchishin. It covers Planinc’ entire life

and chess career, including his most fascinating games. This fitting tribute of a forgotten chess genius

should be found  in anyone’s chess library. Thanks to this colorful book Albin Planinc will continue to

inspire us all  and will keep his spirit alive.

 

‘Albin Planinc was born in the middle of the Second World War, on 18th April 1944, in the little

village of Briše, near the small town of Zagorje ob Savi, approximately 30 kilometers from

Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. He spent his childhood with his mother Ljudmila (unofficially

Milka), a simple, uneducated woman who earned money from various unskilled jobs’.

 

His earliest international success occurred at the first Vidmar Memorial at Ljubljana 1969. However,

his best result was achieved at the Amsterdam (IBM tournament) 1973, where he shared first place

with Tigran Petrosian, ahead of Lubomir Kavalek, Boris Spassky and László Szabó. He also tied for

2nd–4th at Čačak 1969, won at Varna 1970, shared 1st at Čačak 1970, took 9th at Vršac (Kostić

Memorial, Henrique Mecking won), tied for 2nd–3rd at Skopje 1971, tied for 3rd–5th at Wijk aan Zee

1974 (Corus chess tournament, Walter Browne won), took 6th at Hastings 1974/75 (Hastings

International Chess Congress, Vlastimil Hort won), tied for 2nd–3rd at Štip 1978, and took 12th at

Polanica Zdrój 1979 (17th Rubinstein Memorial).

Planinc played on fourth board (+9 –1 =5) for Yugoslavia in the 21st Chess Olympiad at Nice 1974,

where he won a team silver medal

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