Mirko Bröder

Mirko Bröder
Mirko Bröder
Country	Yugoslavia
Born	1911; Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	1943 (aged 31 or 32); Yugoslavia
Title	National Master

Mirko (Imre) Bröder, or Broeder, Broder, Breder (1911–1943) was a Hungarian–born Yugoslav chess master.

Born in Budapest, he grew up in Novi Sad, Voivodina (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), where he studied law. He won a simultaneous game against Alexander Alekhine at Novi Sad 1930,^[1] took 2nd in 1930, 4th in 1931, and 2nd in 1933, all in Novi Sad (local tournaments), tied for 4-5th at Novi Sad 1936 (the 2nd Yugoslav Chess Championship, Vasja Pirc won),^[2] and tied for 9-10th at Ljubljana 1938 (the 4th YUG-ch, Boris Kostić won).^[3]

Bröder played for Yugoslavia in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 on eighth board (+7 –2 =8),^[4] and in the 7th Chess Olympiad at Stockholm 1937 on first reserve board (+4 –2 =7).^[5]

During World War II, he died at the hands of the Nazis in 1943.

References

^ "Alexander Alekhine vs Mirko Broeder (1930)". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
^ "All-Union YM 1936". Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
^ "Amsterdam (NED-ch10th) 1938". Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
^ Wojciech Bartelski. "unofficial Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936, Yugoslavia". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
^ Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Mirko Bröder". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2012-02-19.