Bogdan Lalić

Bogdan Lalic (born 8 March 1964) is a Croatian chess grandmaster. He was born in Yugoslavia in 1964. FIDE awarded him the International Grandmaster title in 1988. He finished equal first at the Pleven 1987 and Sarajevo 1988 tournaments.[1] His achieved his highest rating of 2600 in 1997. Although registered with the Croatian Federation, he divides his time between playing abroad and making frequent visits to England. He was once married to International Master Susan Lalic, England's first woman to hold the IM title, but they are now divorced. Together, they have a son, Peter Lalić, born 1994.[2]

Bogdan Lalić
Bogdan Lalic, 2009
Full nameBogdan Lalić
CountryCroatia
Born (1964-03-08) 8 March 1964
TitleGrandmaster
FIDE rating2402 (June 2020)
Peak rating2600 (1997)

Lalic and Sergei Tiviakov both claim to have played a record 110 consecutive tournament games at classical time controls without losing, although neither player faced exclusively elite-level opponents during their unbeaten streaks. Lalic's streak occurred between 5 June 2006 and 3 March 2007.[3]

Books
  • Bogdan Lalic (1997). The Queen's Indian Defence. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857441574.
  • Bogdan Lalic (1998). The Budapest Gambit. Batsford. ISBN 9780713484564.
  • Bogdan Lalic (2000). Queen's Gambit Declined: Bg5 Systems. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857442403.
  • Bogdan Lalic (2001). Classical Nimzo-Indian: The ever-popular 4. Qc2. Everyman Chess. ISBN 1857442628.
  • Bogdan Lalic (2002). The Grunfeld for the Attacking Player. Batsford. ISBN 9780713481662.
  • Bogdan Lalic (2003). The Marshall Attack. Everyman Chess. ISBN 9781857442441.
  • Bogdan Lalic, Vladimir Okhotnik, Carpathian Warrior (Caissa Hungary, 2005)
  • Bogdan Lalic, Vladimir Okhotnik, Carpathian Warrior 2 (Pandora Press, 2008)

References
  1. Bogdan Lalic
  2. "2008 mini-bio". Archived from the original on 25 August 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2008.
  3. Friedel, Frederic (23 May 2017). "New in Chess Invincibility List". ChessBase. Retrieved 23 October 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.