# Yugoslav Chess Championship

The Yugoslav Chess Championship was an annual chess tournament held to determine the Yugoslav national champion and Yugoslavia's candidates for the World Chess Championship.
It was first played in 1935 in Belgrade, the capital of Kingdom of Yugoslavia and ended with its 46th iteration during the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia.

## Winners list (men)
### Kingdom of Yugoslavia

    No.YearLocationChampion 11935BelgradeVasja Pirc and Borislav Kostić 21936Novi SadVasja Pirc (2) 31937Rogaška SlatinaVasja Pirc (3) as Yugoslav champion, Miguel Najdorf as tournament champion 41938LjubljanaBorislav Kostić (2) 51939ZagrebMilan Vidmar

### SFR Yugoslavia

    No.YearChampion 11945Petar Trifunović 21946Petar Trifunović (2) 31947Svetozar Gligorić Petar Trifunović (3) 41948Svetozar Gligorić (2) Vasja Pirc (4) 51949Svetozar Gligorić (3) 61950Svetozar Gligorić (4) 71951Braslav Rabar 81952Petar Trifunović (4) 91953Vasja Pirc (5) 101955Nikola Karaklajić 111956Svetozar Gligorić (5) 121957Svetozar Gligorić (6) 131958Svetozar Gligorić (7) Borislav Ivkov 141959Svetozar Gligorić (8) 151960Svetozar Gligorić (9) 161961Petar Trifunović (5) 171962Aleksandar Matanović Dragoljub Minić 181963Svetozar Gligorić (10) 191964Borislav Ivkov (2) Mijo Udovčić 201965Milan Matulović 211966Svetozar Gligorić (11) 221967Milan Matulović (2) 231968Predrag Ostojić Janez Stupica 241969Aleksandar Matanović (2) 251970Milan Vukić 261971Predrag Ostojić (2) Milan Vukić (2) 271972Borislav Ivkov (3) 281973Božidar Ivanović 291974Milan Vukić (3) 301975Dragoljub Velimirović 311976Krunoslav Hulak 321977Ljubomir Ljubojević Srđan Marangunić 331978Aleksandar Matanović (3) 341979Ivan Nemet 351980Predrag Nikolić 361981Božidar Ivanović (2) 371982Ljubomir Ljubojević (2) 381983Dušan Rajković 391984Predrag Nikolić (2) 401985Slavoljub Marjanović 411986Dragan Barlov 421987Miralem Dževlan 431988Ivan Sokolov 441989Zdenko Kožul 451990Zdenko Kožul (2) 461991Branko Damljanović

### Multiple-time winners

| Titles | Player | Years |
| 11 | Svetozar Gligorić | 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966 |
| 5 | Petar Trifunović | 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1961 |
| 5 | Vasja Pirc | 1935, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1953 |
| 3 | Borislav Ivkov | 1958, 1964, 1972 |
| 3 | Aleksandar Matanović | 1962, 1969, 1978 |
| 3 | Milan Vukić | 1970, 1971, 1974 |
| 2 | Boris Kostić | 1935, 1938 |
| 2 | Milan Matulović | 1965, 1967 |
| 2 | Predrag Ostojić | 1968, 1971 |
| 2 | Božidar Ivanović | 1973, 1981 |
| 2 | Ljubomir Ljubojević | 1977, 1982 |
| 2 | Predrag Nikolić | 1980, 1984 |
| 2 | Zdenko Kožul | 1989, 1990 |

## Winners list (women)
### Kingdom of Yugoslavia

The first women's championship of Yugoslavia was held in Zagreb in August 1939, and was won by Lidija Timofejeva and Jovanka Petrović. A women's chess tournament had previously been held in Ljubljana in 1926, in which only players from Ljubljana participated, and Sava Šerbanova was the winner.

### SFR Yugoslavia

    No.YearChampion 11947Lidija Timofejeva 21948Lidija Timofejeva (2) 31949Lidija Timofejeva (3) Slava Cvenkl 41950Vera Nedeljković 51951Vera Nedeljković (2) 61952Vera Nedeljković (3) Milunka Lazarević 71953Vera Nedeljković (4) 81954Milunka Lazarević (2) 91955Marija Nađ-Radenković 101956Milunka Lazarević (3) 111957Milunka Lazarević (4) 121958Vera Nedeljković (5) 131959Ljubica Jocić 141960Milunka Lazarević (5) 151961Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević 161962Milunka Lazarević (6) 171963Milunka Lazarević (7) 181964Tereza Štadler 191965Vera Nedeljković (6) 201966Milka Ljiljak 211968Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov 221969Ružica Jovanović 231971/1Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov (2) 241971/10Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević (2) 251973Vlasta Kalchbrenner Tereza Štadler (2) 261974/4Amalija Pihajlić 271974/12Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević (3) 281975Milunka Lazarević (8) 291976Milunka Lazarević (9) 301977Amalija Pihajlić (2) Gordana Marković 311978Olivera Prokopović 321979Milunka Lazarević (10) 331980Vlasta Maček 341981Gordana Marković (2) 351982Milunka Lazarević (11) 361983Marija Petrović Suzana Maksimović 371984Marija Petrović (2) 381985Zorica Nikolin 391986Alisa Marić 401987Zorica Nikolin (2) 411988Vesna Bašagić 421989Daniela Nutu-Gajić 431990Jordanka Mićić 441991Mirjana Marić Suzana Maksimović (2)

### Multiple-time winners

| Titles | Player | Years |
| 11 | Milunka Lazarević | 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982 |
| 6 | Vera Nedeljković | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1965 |
| 3 | Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević | 1961, 1971, 1974 |
| 3 | Lidija Timofejeva | 1947, 1948, 1949 |
| 2 | Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov | 1968, 1971 |
| 2 | Tereza Štadler | 1964, 1973 |
| 2 | Amalija Pihajlić | 1974, 1977 |
| 2 | Gordana Marković | 1977, 1981 |
| 2 | Marija Petrović | 1983, 1984 |
| 2 | Zorica Nikolin | 1985, 1987 |
| 2 | Suzana Maksimović | 1983, 1991 |