Vidmar Life and Games: Champion of Yugoslavia

Milan Vidmar was one of the world’s strongest players in the 1910s and 1920s, and became Yugoslavia’s first grandmaster. Below, I explore his life and games. Photo: Veličan Bešter, Digital Library of Slovenia, [XNFNI48W], Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Table of contents: Biography Early life Milan Vidmar was born in 1885 in Ljubljana, Austria-Hungary, although […]