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Vasilije Tomović aka Vasily Tomovic (born 11 May 1906, date of death unknown) was a Montenegrin chess master. He was born in Mateševo.

Before World War II, Vasilije Tomovic was the first significant chess player in Montenegro. He was also mathematician and philosopher.[1] In April 1936, he tied for 11-12th in Novi Sad (the 2nd Yugoslav Chess Championship, Vasja Pirc won).[2] In February–March 1937, he won in Belgrade, ahead of Matveef, Petar Trifunović and Imre König.[3] In 1939, he took 2nd, behind Milan Vidmar, in Zagreb (YUG-ch),[4] shared 3rd at Zagreb 1946 (YUG-ch),

After the war, he took 5th at Novi Sad 1945 (YUG-ch, Trifunović won),[5] tied for 5-6th at Ljubljana 1945 (Svetozar Gligorić won),[6] shared 3rd at Zagreb 1946 (YUG-ch), tied for 6-7th at Ljubljana 1947 (YUG-ch), took 15th at Budapest 1948 (László Szabó won), and took 19th at Zagreb 1949 (YUG-ch).

References

  1. ^ Serbia and Montenegro - Oazis of Chess
  2. ^ Roger Paige Chess Site - 1936
  3. ^ Roger Paige Chess Site - 1937
  4. ^ Roger Paige Chess Site - 1939
  5. ^ Roger Paige Chess Site - 1945
  6. ^ Ljubljana Liberation, 1945

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