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Vasja Pirc (/ ˈ p ɪər t s / PEERTS; Slovene pronunciation: [ˈʋâːsja ˈpîːɾt͡s]) (December 19, 1907 – June 2, 1980) [1] was a Yugoslav chess player. He is best known in competitive chess circles as a strong exponent of the hypermodern defense now generally known as the Pirc Defence .
15 January – Authorities announce the closure of all "parallel institutions" linked with Serbia following raids in offices across ten municipalities inhabited by Kosovo Serbs. [1] 9 February – 2025 Kosovan parliamentary election: No party wins a majority in the Assembly of Kosovo, with the ruling Vetëvendosje party winning 40% of the vote. [2]
The 1953 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship was the 9th edition of SFR Yugoslav Chess Championship.Held in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, SR Croatia.The tournament was won by Vasja Pirc.
18 June: Kosovo and Israel sign a visa waiver agreement allowing their citizens to travel between their countries without a visa beginning in September. [4]28 June: A court in Pristina convicts four ethnic Serbs for the 2018 murder of Oliver Ivanović and sentences them to between four and ten years' imprisonment.
Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu (born 17 May 1982) is a Kosovan jurist and politician who is the current president of Kosovo since 2021. [5] [6] Osmani was born and raised in Titova Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo) and studied law at the University of Pristina and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
The first six from the 1953 SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship had a direct right to participate: Vasja Pirc, Braslav Rabar, Andrija Fuderer, Borislav Milić, Dragoljub Janošević and Svetozar Gligorić, as well as members of the Olympic team: Petar Trifunović and Aleksandar Matanović.
The tournament was won by Svetozar Gligorić and Vasja Pirc. [1] [2] Table and results. 4th SFR Yugoslavia Chess Championship N° ...
PIRC may refer to: Vasja Pirc, chess grandmaster; Parental Information and Resource Centers, a program in the U.S. Department of Education; Pensions & Investments Research Consultants, a proxy advisor in the UK; Pittsburgh International Race Complex, a race track in Wampum, Pennsylvania