Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster (died 2012)

Svetozar Gligorić

Serbian and Yugoslavian chess grandmaster (1923–2012)

Svetozar Gligorić was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record 11 times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia and Yugoslavia. In 1958, he received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete of Yugoslavia.