Mario Bertok
Mario Bertok(2 September 1929 – 20 August 2008) was aCroatianchessmasterand sports journalist, writing for theSportske novosti[1]daily sports newspaper. He was born inZagreb,Yugoslavia.
Bertok earned theInternational Mastertitle in 1957. He represented Yugoslavia on board four at the 1960Chess Olympiad,scoring +5=5−3. A second-place finish in the 1960Yugoslav Championshipearned Bertok a berth in the 1960 Budapest Zonal where he placed 2nd, taking third after a playoff. At the 1962Stockholm Interzonalhe finished 17th. His best international result was Rovinj-Zagreb 1970 where he finished 9th=.
Bertok's wife was a well-known Yugoslav actressSemka Sokolović-Bertok(1935–2008), who herself was a competitive chess player in her youth.[2]
On 20 August 2008, Bertok was reported missing after a few hours of swimming off the shores ofJarun Lake;his body was recovered from the lake later the same day.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Na Jarunu se utopio Mario Bertok".Jutarnji list(in Croatian). August 21, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-08-23.Retrieved2008-08-22.
- ^"Umrla Semka Sokolović-Bertok".filmski.net(in Croatian). March 6, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon January 12, 2018.Retrieved2008-08-22.
- Brace, Edward R. (1977),An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess,Hamlyn Publishing Group, p. 32,ISBN1-55521-394-4
- Gaige, Jeremy(1987),Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography,McFarland, p. 35,ISBN0-7864-2353-6
- Sunnucks, Anne(1970),The Encyclopaedia of Chess,St. Martin's Press, p. 26,LCCN78106371
External links
[edit]- Mario Bertokplayer profile and games atChessgames.com
- Mario BertokChess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org