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Revision as of 07:54, 19 July 2006 by 137.216.208.82 (talk) (Removed subjective "most famous" sentence and 80 book repetition.)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Dimitrije Bjelica (born November 8, 1935 in Vrbica Gornja, Montenegro) is a Yugoslav chess master who can be found in the Guinness Book of Records for playing a 312-board simul in Subotica in 1997 (score: +219-1=92). He also played a record-breaking 56-game blindfold simul (+51-1=4) in the same year in Herceg Novi. 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 Linares.
Dimitrije Bjelica is the author of thousands of published newspaper and magazine articles about chess. Based in Belgrade, 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 be a close personal friend of Bobby Fischer. 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.
A tireless self promoter, Bjelica tells the story that at the great tournament in Zurich, 1959, he was driving with Future World Chess Champions Mikhail Tal and Bobby Fischer 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 Alexander Matanovic, Georgios Makropoulos, Florencio Campomanes and Geurt Gijssen. He also awards White Oscars, which most often go to Anatoly Karpov and Borislav Ivkov.
Dimitrije Bjelica is the father of the most famous and most productive Serbian writer, Isidora Bjelica.
Books
- Reyes del Ajedrez ISBN 8488155328
External links
- Dimitrije Bjelica chess
- Black Oscars awarded by Dimitrije Bjelica
- Chess Oscars from Dimitrije Bjelica
- A couple of stories by Dimitrije Bjelica
- Web summary of Dimitrije Bjelica
- Dimitrije Bjelica Chess - Dimitrije Bjelica is a Serbian chess personality, writer and author of chess books, who also has met many celebrities in the chess
- ChessBase news about Dimitrije Bjelica
- Dimitrije Bjelica rating card at FIDE