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 after the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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! No. !! Year !! Location !! Champion
 * 1 || 1935 || Belgrade ||Vasja Pirc and Borislav Kostić
 * 2 || 1936 || Novi Sad ||Vasja Pirc
 * 3 || 1937 || Rogaška Slatina ||Vasja Pirc, Mieczysław Najdorf off contest
 * 4 || 1938 || Ljubljana ||Borislav Kostić
 * 5 || 1939 || Zagreb ||Milan Vidmar
 * }
 * 4 || 1938 || Ljubljana ||Borislav Kostić
 * 5 || 1939 || Zagreb ||Milan Vidmar
 * }
 * 5 || 1939 || Zagreb ||Milan Vidmar
 * }

SFR Yugoslavia

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! No. !! Year !! Champion
 * 1 || 1945 || Petar Trifunović
 * 2 || 1946 || Petar Trifunović
 * 3 || 1947 || Petar Trifunović
 * 4 || 1948 || Svetozar Gligorić Vasja Pirc
 * 5 || 1949 || Svetozar Gligorić
 * 6 || 1950 || Svetozar Gligorić
 * 7 || 1951 || Braslav Rabar
 * 8 || 1952 || Petar Trifunović
 * 9 || 1953 || Vasja Pirc
 * 10 || 1955 || Nikola Karaklaji%C4%87
 * 11 || 1956 || Svetozar Gligorić
 * 12 || 1957 || Svetozar Gligorić
 * 13 || 1958 || Svetozar Gligorić Borislav Ivkov
 * 14 || 1959 || Svetozar Gligorić
 * 15 || 1960 || Svetozar Gligorić
 * 16 || 1961 || Petar Trifunović
 * 17 || 1962 || Aleksandar Matanović Dragoljub Minić
 * 18 || 1962 || Svetozar Gligorić
 * 19 || 1963 || Borislav Ivkov Mijo Udovčić
 * 20 || 1965 || Milan Matulović
 * 21 || 1965 || Svetozar Gligorić
 * 22 || 1967 || Milan Matulović
 * 23 || 1968 || Predrag Ostojić Janez Stupica
 * 24 || 1969 || Aleksandar Matanović
 * 25 || 1970 || Dragoljub Velimirović Milan Vukić
 * 26 || 1971 || Predrag Ostojić Milan Vukić
 * 27 || 1972 || Borislav Ivkov
 * 28 || 1973 || Božidar Ivanović
 * 29 || 1974 || Milan Vukić
 * 30 || 1975 || Dragoljub Velimirović
 * 31 || 1976 || Krunoslav Hulak
 * 32 || 1977 || Ljubomir Ljubojević Srđan Marangunić
 * 33 || 1978 || Aleksandar Matanović
 * 34 || 1979 || Ivan Nemet
 * 35 || 1980 || Predrag Nikolić
 * 36 || 1981 || Božidar Ivanović
 * 37 || 1982 || Ljubomir Ljubojević
 * 38 || 1983 || Božidar Ivanović Dušan Rajković
 * 39 || 1984 || Predrag Nikolić
 * 40 || 1985 || Slavoljub Marjanović
 * 41 || 1986 || Dragan Barlov
 * 42 || 1987 || Miralem Dževlan
 * 43 || 1988 || Ivan Sokolov
 * 44 || 1989 || Zdenko Kožul
 * 45 || 1990 || Zdenko Kožul
 * 46 || 1991 || Branko Damljanović
 * }
 * 24 || 1969 || Aleksandar Matanović
 * 25 || 1970 || Dragoljub Velimirović Milan Vukić
 * 26 || 1971 || Predrag Ostojić Milan Vukić
 * 27 || 1972 || Borislav Ivkov
 * 28 || 1973 || Božidar Ivanović
 * 29 || 1974 || Milan Vukić
 * 30 || 1975 || Dragoljub Velimirović
 * 31 || 1976 || Krunoslav Hulak
 * 32 || 1977 || Ljubomir Ljubojević Srđan Marangunić
 * 33 || 1978 || Aleksandar Matanović
 * 34 || 1979 || Ivan Nemet
 * 35 || 1980 || Predrag Nikolić
 * 36 || 1981 || Božidar Ivanović
 * 37 || 1982 || Ljubomir Ljubojević
 * 38 || 1983 || Božidar Ivanović Dušan Rajković
 * 39 || 1984 || Predrag Nikolić
 * 40 || 1985 || Slavoljub Marjanović
 * 41 || 1986 || Dragan Barlov
 * 42 || 1987 || Miralem Dževlan
 * 43 || 1988 || Ivan Sokolov
 * 44 || 1989 || Zdenko Kožul
 * 45 || 1990 || Zdenko Kožul
 * 46 || 1991 || Branko Damljanović
 * }
 * 36 || 1981 || Božidar Ivanović
 * 37 || 1982 || Ljubomir Ljubojević
 * 38 || 1983 || Božidar Ivanović Dušan Rajković
 * 39 || 1984 || Predrag Nikolić
 * 40 || 1985 || Slavoljub Marjanović
 * 41 || 1986 || Dragan Barlov
 * 42 || 1987 || Miralem Dževlan
 * 43 || 1988 || Ivan Sokolov
 * 44 || 1989 || Zdenko Kožul
 * 45 || 1990 || Zdenko Kožul
 * 46 || 1991 || Branko Damljanović
 * }
 * 42 || 1987 || Miralem Dževlan
 * 43 || 1988 || Ivan Sokolov
 * 44 || 1989 || Zdenko Kožul
 * 45 || 1990 || Zdenko Kožul
 * 46 || 1991 || Branko Damljanović
 * }
 * 45 || 1990 || Zdenko Kožul
 * 46 || 1991 || Branko Damljanović
 * }
 * }

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

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! No. !! Year !! Champion
 * 1 || 1947 || Lidija Timofejeva
 * 2 || 1948 || Lidija Timofejeva
 * 3 || 1949 || Lidija Timofejeva Slava Cvenkl
 * 4 || 1950 || Vera Nedeljković
 * 5 || 1951 || Vera Nedeljković
 * 6 || 1952 || Vera Nedeljković Milunka Lazarević
 * 7 || 1953 || Vera Nedeljković
 * 8 || 1954 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 9 || 1955 || Marija Nađ-Radenković
 * 10 || 1956 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 11 || 1957 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 12 || 1958 || Vera Nedeljković
 * 13 || 1959 || Ljubica Jocić
 * 14 || 1960 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 15 || 1961 || Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević
 * 16 || 1962 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 17 || 1963 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 18 || 1964 || Tereza Štadler
 * 19 || 1965 || Vera Nedeljković
 * 20 || 1966 || Milka Ljiljak
 * 21 || 1968 || Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov
 * 22 || 1969 || Ružica Jovanović
 * 23 || 1971/1 || Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov
 * 24 || 1971/10 || Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević
 * 25 || 1973 || Vlasta Kalchbrenner Tereza Štadler
 * 26 || 1974/4 || Amalija Pihajlić
 * 27 || 1974/12 || Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević
 * 28 || 1975 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 29 || 1976 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 30 || 1977 || Amalija Pihajlić Gordana Marković
 * 31 || 1978 || Olivera Prokopović
 * 32 || 1979 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 33 || 1980 || Vlasta Maček
 * 34 || 1981 || Gordana Marković
 * 35 || 1982 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 36 || 1983 || Marija Petrović Suzana Maksimović
 * 37 || 1984 || Marija Petrović
 * 38 || 1985 || Zorica Nikolin
 * 39 || 1986 || Alisa Marić
 * 40 || 1987 || Zorica Nikolin
 * 41 || 1988 || Vesna Bašagić
 * 42 || 1989 || Daniela Nutu-Gajić
 * 43 || 1990 || Jordanka Mićić
 * 44 || 1991 || Mirjana Marić Suzana Maksimović
 * }
 * 23 || 1971/1 || Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov
 * 24 || 1971/10 || Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević
 * 25 || 1973 || Vlasta Kalchbrenner Tereza Štadler
 * 26 || 1974/4 || Amalija Pihajlić
 * 27 || 1974/12 || Katarina Jovanović-Blagojević
 * 28 || 1975 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 29 || 1976 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 30 || 1977 || Amalija Pihajlić Gordana Marković
 * 31 || 1978 || Olivera Prokopović
 * 32 || 1979 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 33 || 1980 || Vlasta Maček
 * 34 || 1981 || Gordana Marković
 * 35 || 1982 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 36 || 1983 || Marija Petrović Suzana Maksimović
 * 37 || 1984 || Marija Petrović
 * 38 || 1985 || Zorica Nikolin
 * 39 || 1986 || Alisa Marić
 * 40 || 1987 || Zorica Nikolin
 * 41 || 1988 || Vesna Bašagić
 * 42 || 1989 || Daniela Nutu-Gajić
 * 43 || 1990 || Jordanka Mićić
 * 44 || 1991 || Mirjana Marić Suzana Maksimović
 * }
 * 35 || 1982 || Milunka Lazarević
 * 36 || 1983 || Marija Petrović Suzana Maksimović
 * 37 || 1984 || Marija Petrović
 * 38 || 1985 || Zorica Nikolin
 * 39 || 1986 || Alisa Marić
 * 40 || 1987 || Zorica Nikolin
 * 41 || 1988 || Vesna Bašagić
 * 42 || 1989 || Daniela Nutu-Gajić
 * 43 || 1990 || Jordanka Mićić
 * 44 || 1991 || Mirjana Marić Suzana Maksimović
 * }
 * 40 || 1987 || Zorica Nikolin
 * 41 || 1988 || Vesna Bašagić
 * 42 || 1989 || Daniela Nutu-Gajić
 * 43 || 1990 || Jordanka Mićić
 * 44 || 1991 || Mirjana Marić Suzana Maksimović
 * }
 * 43 || 1990 || Jordanka Mićić
 * 44 || 1991 || Mirjana Marić Suzana Maksimović
 * }
 * }