Stojan Puc was a Slovenian chess

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 master.

He won the Slovenian Chess Championship

Slovenian Chess Championship

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 on four occasions: (1954 (joint), 1958, 1965 (joint), and 1967).

He tied for 5-6th at Ljubljana

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 (Liberation) 1945/46 (Svetozar Gligorić

Svetozar Gligoric

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 won); shared 8th at Zagreb

Zagreb

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 1946 (Yugoslav Championship

Yugoslav Chess Championship

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, Petar Trifunović

Petar Trifunovic

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 won); took 2nd at Rogaška Slatina

Rogaška Slatina

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 1948; shared 1st with Jan Foltys

Jan Foltys

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 at Vienna

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 1949 (Schlechter Memorial); took 14th at Bled

Bled

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 1950 (Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf

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 won); won at Dortmund

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 1951; took 19th at Belgrade

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 1952 (Herman Pilnik

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 won); tied for 2nd-4th at Krynica

Krynica

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 1956 (Borislav Milić

Borislav Milic

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 won); tied for 2nd-5th at Portorož

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 1957; shared 1st with Luděk Pachman

Ludek Pachman

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 at Sarajevo

Sarajevo

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 1960; tied for 7-8th at Ljubljana 1969 (1st Vidmar Memorial

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, Albin Planinc

Albin Planinc

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 won) and tied for 17-18th at Ljubljana / Portorož 1973 (2nd Vidmar Memorial, Lajos Portisch

Lajos Portisch

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 won).

Puc played for Yugoslavia as second reserve (+1 -1 =0) in the 9th Chess Olympiad

9th Chess Olympiad

The 9th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between August 20 and September 11, 1950, in Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia .The final results were as follows:-Final :The...

 at Dubrovnik 1950, as the team won the gold medal.

He was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and an Honorary Grandmaster title in 1984.

The Puc Variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c6) is named after him.

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