The Most Famous
CHESS PLAYERS from Croatia
This page contains a list of the greatest Croatian Chess Players. The pantheon dataset contains 461 Chess Players, 2 of which were born in Croatia. This makes Croatia the birth place of the 38th most number of Chess Players behind Philippines, and Vietnam.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Croatian Chess Players of all time. This list of famous Croatian Chess Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Petar Trifunović (1910 - 1980)
With an HPI of 55.99, Petar Trifunović is the most famous Croatian Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Petar Trifunović (31 August 1910 – 8 December 1980) was a Yugoslav and Serbian chess player, who was awarded the international grandmaster title, and was a five-time Yugoslav champion.
2. Mišo Cebalo (1945 - 2022)
With an HPI of 53.90, Mišo Cebalo is the 2nd most famous Croatian Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Mišo Cebalo (6 February 1945 – 2 September 2022) was a Croatian chess Grandmaster. He won the 19th World Senior Chess Championship at Condino 2009. In 2011 he was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Croatian chess players born between 1910 and 1945. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Croatian chess players include Petar Trifunović, and Mišo Cebalo. As of April 2024, 1 new Croatian chess players have been added to Pantheon including Mišo Cebalo.
