Milan Matulovic (June 10, 1935 - October 9, 2013) Serbian (Yugoslav) Grandmaster who was thought to be the second or third strongest Yugoslav player in the 1960s and 1970s behind Svetozar Gligorić and Borislav Ivkov. He was an active player until about 1977 but was a participant of some organized tournaments occasionally until 2006.

Matulovic was born in Belgrade. He entered to a four-game training match with Bobby Fischer in 1958 but only one game was played and that finished with Matulovic’s victory. He received the International Master Title in 1961 and became a Grandmaster in 1965. His highest rating according to Chessmetrics historical rating system was 2676.

He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship twice, in 1965 and 1967. He was a regular participant of the international tournaments especially between 1960 and 1970. It was probably his best moment in his career when he won in Skopje in 1969 with Gligoric, Ivkov, and Polugaevsky overtaking the former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik and the twofold World Champion Candidate Efim Geller. He won other tournaments in this period, in Netanya 1961, in Vršac 1964, in 1965 in Novi Sad and Belgrade, in Reggio Emilia 1967/68, in the Athens Zonal 1969, then he continued with his winning streak in the 70s in several prestigious tournaments. From 1980 he won only a few tournaments, however, he received first place in Osijek and Borovik 1980, Helsinki 1981 then in Vrnjacka Banja 1985. He repeated his victory in Vrnjacka Banja in 1990.

He had excellent results in the Chess Olympiads as well. He participated in six Olympiads 78 times in the Yugoslav team. With a total record of 46 wins, 28 draws and only 4 losses his overall winning percentage is 76,9. This is the tenth in the list of the best Olympic achievements ever.

His performance in the world championships was not that successful as he could never enter to the Candidates Tournament. He played in the famous “USSR vs World “ event; he fought with Botvinnik on eighth board (1 loss, 3 draws).

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