Andrija Fuderer


Andrija Fuderer was a Croatian–Belgian chess master.
At the beginning of his career, he won the Yugoslav Junior Chess Championship in 1947. He was the Croatian champion in 1951 and 1958, and was a common participant in the Yugoslav Chess Championship tying for 2nd in 1951, took 2nd, behind Petar Trifunović, in 1952, and won in 1953.
In other tournaments, he took 4th at Bled 1950, shared 2nd, behind Albéric O'Kelly de Galway, at Dortmund 1951, took 5th at Beverwijk 1952. He won at Saarbrücken 1953, took 2nd at Opatija 1953, took 4th at Munich 1954, tied for 3rd-5th at Hastings 1954/55.
His most notable tournament was the 1955 Interzonal, which he qualified for by his 1954 zonal result. At the Interzonal he scored 9/20, finishing in a tie for 14th-15th out of 21 players.
After the 1955 Interzonal, Fuderer left chess for a University career in chemistry.
He earned a PhD degree from the University of Zagreb, and was also an inventor.
Fuderer played thrice for Yugoslavia in Chess Olympiads:
He also played in the 1st European Team Chess Championship at Vienna 1957, and won team silver medal.
Awarded the International Master title in 1952, and an honorary Grandmaster title in 1990.