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Nenad Petrović

1907 – 1989

Croatian chess composer

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Lived 1907 – 1989 (aged 82). Nenad Petrović was a Croatian chess composer and chess player.

Nenad Petrović ( – ) was a Croatian chess problemist.

Chess career Nenad Petrović was the first Croatian Grandmaster of chess composition and World Champion in 1947 in the solving of chess problems. In 1951, he started the chess problem magazine Problem which in 1952 became the official organ of the Permanent Commission for Chess Composition of FIDE (PCCC).

Petrović was the creator of the "Codex of chess composition", the starter and editor of 13 volumes of FIDE Albums, containing the best compositions from the period 1914–1982. From 1956, he was the vice-president, and from 1958 the president of PCCC. He organized the first World Congress of Chess Composition in Piran, 1958. In 1974, Petrović was made an honorary lifelong president of PCCC.

As a composer, he published some 650 problems, of which 121 were included in FIDE Albums. Many of them were records and tasks in chess composition.

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Nenad Petrović?

Croatian chess composer (1907–1989)

When was Nenad Petrović born?

Nenad Petrović was born on 7 September 1907 in Zagreb.

When did Nenad Petrović die?

Nenad Petrović died on 9 November 1989 in Zagreb.

What was Nenad Petrović's occupation?

Nenad Petrović was a chess composer and chess player.

What nationality was Nenad Petrović?

Nenad Petrović was Croatian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Nenad Petrović

· Wikidata: Q1359829

· DBpedia: Nenad Petrović (chess composer)

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