George Kuprejanov
George Kuprejanov (6 March 1938 – 1991), was a Canadian chess International Master (IM) (1972).
George Kuprejanov | |
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Country | Yugoslavia Canada |
Born | Pančevo, Serbia | 6 March 1938
Died | 1991 |
Title | International Master (IM) (1972) |
Biography
George Kuprejanov was born in Yugoslavia. He was participant of the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1962 and the International Chess tournament in Zagreb (1964). In the second half of the 1960s George Kuprejanov moved to Canada. He won Toronto Chess Championship in 1971 (together with Géza Füster). George Kuprejanov participated many times in Canadian Chess Championships and achieved the best result in 1972, when he shared 2nd place with Lawrence Day (tournament won Peter Biyiasas).[1]
George Kuprejanov played for Canada in the Chess Olympiad:[2]
- In 1974, at fourth board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+6, =5, -3).
In 1972, George Kuprejanov was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
His articles have been published in Chess Canada - the FIDE area newsletter for the Chess Federation of Canada.
References
- "OlimpBase :: 60th Canadian Chess championship :: Toronto 1972". www.olimpbase.org.
- "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: George Kuprejanov". www.olimpbase.org.
External links
- George Kuprejanov player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- George Kuprejanov chess games at 365chess.com