Svetozar Gligorić was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia. In 1958, he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia.
Gligorić in 1966
Gligorić at Oberhausen 1961
Gligorić on a 2023 stamp of Serbia
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the title can be revoked for cheating.
Siegbert Tarrasch (1862–1934)
Akiba Rubinstein (1880–1961)
Jacques Mieses (1865–1954), one of the first FIDE Grandmasters