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| Bora Ivkov | |
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 Ivkov in 1972 | |
| Country | Yugoslavia → Serbia |
| Born | 12 November 1933 Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
| Died | 14 February 2022 (aged 88) |
| Title | Grandmaster (1955) |
| Peak rating | 2560 (January 1971) |
| Peak ranking | No. 28 (July 1971) |
Borislav Ivkov (12 November 1933 – 14 February 2022) was a Serbian chess Grandmaster. He was a World championship candidate in 1965, and played in four more Interzonal tournaments, in 1967, 1970, 1973, and 1979.
Ivkov was a three-time Yugoslav Champion (1958 joint, 1963 joint, 1972) and was the first World Junior Champion in 1951.
He represented Yugoslavia 12 times in Olympiad competition, from 1956 to 1980, and six times in European Team Championships.
Ivkov won numerous top-class events during his career; notable tournament triumphs include Mar del Plata 1955, Buenos Aires 1955, Beverwijk 1961, Zagreb 1965, Sarajevo 1967, Amsterdam-IBM 1974, and Moscow 1999. For more than 15 years from the mid-1950s, he was the second-ranking Yugoslav player, after Svetozar Gligorić. He wrote an autobiography, My 60 Years in Chess.