Vasilije Tomović aka Vasily Tomovic (born 11 May 1906, died c. 1994) 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". Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
  3. ↑ "Roger Paige Chess Site - 1937". Archived from the original on 2009-12-10. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
  4. ↑ "Roger Paige Chess Site - 1939". Archived from the original on 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  5. ↑ "Roger Paige Chess Site - 1945". Archived from the original on 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
  6. ↑ Ljubljana Liberation, 1945


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