紅牛

Dragoljub Velimirović – Fernando Casas
xxi Olimpiade; Nizza, 1974
Siciliana B99

1. e4 c5 2. Cf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Cxd4 Cf6 5. Cc3 a6 6. Ag5 e6 7. f4 Ae7 8. Df3 Dc7 9. 0-0-0 Cbd7 10. Ad3 b5 11. The1 Ab7 12. Dg3 (12. Cd5!?∞) 12. ... 0-0-0 (12. ... b4? 13. Cd5!)

13. Axb5!! (13. Axf6 Cxf6 14. Dxg7 Tdf8 15. Dg3 b4 16. Ca4 Thg8 17. Df2± Spasskij – R. J. Fischer, Reykjavik 1972, 15ª del match) 13. ... axb5 14. Cdxb5 Db6 15. e5! d5 (15. ... dxe5 16. fxe5 Cd5 17. Axe7 Cxe7 18. Cd6+ Rb8 19. Cxf7+-) 16. f5!! (16. exf6 gxf6 17. Ah4 Ac5) 16. ... Ch5 (16. ... Ac5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Txe6!+-) 17. Dh4 Axg5+ 18. Dxg5 Cxe5 (18. ... g6 19. Cd6+ Rb8 20. Cxf7) 19. Dxh5 d4 20. Txe5 dxc3 21. Cxc3 Txd1+ 22. Dxd1 Td8 23. De1+- exf5 24. Txf5 Dh6+ 25. Rb1 Dxh2 26. Txf7 Dxg2? 27. De6+ Rb8 28. De5+ 1 : 0. [Minić, Dragoljub].

黑暗騎士 (The Dark Knight)

The obituary is by Grandmaster Kevin Spraggett:

He died this past Thursday. Born in Valjevo (Serbia) on May 12, 1942, Velimirović became known as one of the most brilliant attackers of his (or any!) generation, rivalling the reputations of Alekhine, Tal and Kasparov. Bobby Fischer was immensely impressed with his understanding of the Sicilian Defence and the Benoni, and it is said that the two spent some time together analysing. His theoretical ideas and innovations helped advance our understanding of numerous popular opening variations.
But Velimirović was much more that just an attacker. He defeated many of the world’s top grandmasters, representing his country not less than 6 times at the Olympiad and won the national title not less than 3 times.

[Event "XVIII Campionato Jugoslavo"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Velimirović, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Bradvarević, Aleksandar"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qe2 a6 9.Bb3 Na5 10.O-O b5 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.f4 Nxb3 13.cxb3 Bb7 14.f5 e5 15.Nf3 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 d5 19.f6 O-O 20.Qg4 Qc5+ 21.Rf2 Rfe8 {One of Velimirović’s earliest games using the sharp Sozin Attack. Black seems to have weathered White’s attack quite easily and was now looking forward to using his strong centre to push White backwards... Unfortunately, the game lasted only 3 more moves!} 22.Be3 $1 Qf8 23.Bc5 $1 h5 24.Qg5 1-0

• Lubomir Kavalek, “The Man With Too Much Chess Talent”, The Huffington Post, December 2, 2010

Dragoljub Velimirović at the 1966 Olympiad in Havana, Cuba