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'''Dimitrije Bjelica''' (born ], ] in ], ]) is a ] ] who can be found in the ] for playing a 312-board simul in ] in 1997 (score: +219-1=92). He also played a record-breaking 56-game blindfold simul (+51-1=4) in the same year in ]. Bjelica is also one of the most prolific chess authors in the world, with over 80 books in 180 editions and 55 videos and CDs to his name. He has organised many big events and was the arbiter at tournaments like ].
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'''Dimitrije Bjelica''' ({{langx|sr|Димитрије Бјелица}}; born November 8, 1935) is a ]n (formerly ]) ] ]. He has organised many big events and was the arbiter at tournaments like ]. Chess historian ] has noted that Bjelica's books are rife with misspellings and sometimes contain ] material.<ref>Edward Winter, . Retrieved on 2009-11-20.</ref>
Dimitrije Bjelica is the author of thousands of published newspaper and magazine articles about chess. Based in ], he has interviewed at one time or another virtually all of the world's leading chess players. For the past more than 50 years, any time an important chess event is held anywhere in Europe, Bjelica has been there.


Bjelica claims to have played a record-breaking 56 games of ] in a May 25, 1997 ] (+51 −1 =4) at ], near ]. However, ] and John Knott write:<ref>Eliot Hearst and John Knott, ''Blindfold Chess: History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and Important Games'', McFarland, 2008, pp. 130-31. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-3444-2}}.</ref><blockquote>The Exhibition was played at the International Congress of Nurses and his opponents were all woman nurses. The game he lost was to his mother, at that time more than 80 years old. ... Bjelica reports that the exhibition lasted seven hours and that in several games his version of chess, Chess for Peace, was used, in which the bishops standing initially on f1 and f8 were replaced by pawns. He told us that none of his opponents had chess ratings but "some of them were very good." ... Tellingly and surprisingly, he admitted that he was permitted to write down whatever he liked during the exhibition ... .</blockquote>
Bjelica claims to be a close personal friend of ]. Fischer says in reply, "I want nothing to do with that guy". Nevertheless, Bjelica has on his website and sells videos of interviews he took of Bobby Fischer before Fischer became would chess champion.


Bjelica has written numerous books and articles on chess and has interviewed many leading players.
A tireless self promoter, Bjelica tells the story that at the great tournament in ], ], he was driving with Future ] ] and ] and they nearly had an accident. "What would happen if we turned over?" asked Bobby. "All the world's press on the front pages would say - 'Dimitrije Bjelica got killed in a car accident with two passengers,'" replied Bjelica.


Bjelica is known for his annual awards of "Black Oscars" in chess. The most frequent winners of these Black Oscars are ], ], ] and ]. He also awards White Oscars, which most often go to ] and ].



Dimitrije Bjelica is the father of the most famous and most productive Serbian writer, ].
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Serbian chess FIDE Master
Dimitrije Bjelica
CountrySerbia
Born (1935-11-08) 8 November 1935 (age 89)
TitleFIDE Master
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Dimitrije Bjelica (Serbian: Димитрије Бјелица; born November 8, 1935) is a Serbian (formerly Yugoslav) chess FIDE Master. He has organised many big events and was the arbiter at tournaments like Linares. Chess historian Edward Winter has noted that Bjelica's books are rife with misspellings and sometimes contain plagiarized material.

Bjelica claims to have played a record-breaking 56 games of blindfold chess in a May 25, 1997 simultaneous exhibition (+51 −1 =4) at Igalo, near Herceg Novi. However, Eliot Hearst and John Knott write:

The Exhibition was played at the International Congress of Nurses and his opponents were all woman nurses. The game he lost was to his mother, at that time more than 80 years old. ... Bjelica reports that the exhibition lasted seven hours and that in several games his version of chess, Chess for Peace, was used, in which the bishops standing initially on f1 and f8 were replaced by pawns. He told us that none of his opponents had chess ratings but "some of them were very good." ... Tellingly and surprisingly, he admitted that he was permitted to write down whatever he liked during the exhibition ... .

Bjelica has written numerous books and articles on chess and has interviewed many leading players.


References

  1. Edward Winter, A Unique Chess Writer. Retrieved on 2009-11-20.
  2. Eliot Hearst and John Knott, Blindfold Chess: History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and Important Games, McFarland, 2008, pp. 130-31. ISBN 978-0-7864-3444-2.

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