Serb chess master Gligoric dies

BELGRADE, Serbia — Svetozar Gligoric, a legendary Serbian and Yugoslav chess player and one of the world’s top players in the 20th century, has died. He was 89. Serbia’s Chess Federation said Gligoric died Tuesday and was buried in the Serbian capital Friday. Gligoric was born in 1923 in Belgrade and won his first title aged 15. During World War II, Gligoric joined the anti-Nazi guerrillas and resumed his chess career after the war. After winning his first international tournament in Warsaw, Poland, in 1947, Gligoric became Yugoslavia’s champion 12 times and played at 15 Chess Olympiads. — AP