Vasja Pirc
Slovenian chess player (1907–1980)
Facts
18 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- December 19, 1907
- Date of death
- June 2, 1980
- Place of birth
- Idrija
- Place of death
- Ljubljana
- Country of citizenship
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Cisleithania, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes[7][8][9][10]
- Occupation
- chess player, geographer
- Award received
- Bloudek award[11]
- Citizenship
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Cisleithania, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- Slovene
- Country for sport
- Yugoslavia
- Name in native language
- Vasja Pirc
- Participant in
- 4th Chess Olympiad, 6th Chess Olympiad, 7th Chess Olympiad, 9th Chess Olympiad, 10th Chess Olympiad, 11th Chess Olympiad, 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad
- Title of chess person
- Grandmaster (1953–present), International Master (1950–present), International Arbiter (1973–present)
🏷️ Also known as
en Vasja Pirc
he וסייה פירץ
ja ヴァーシャ・ピルツ
ru Вася Пирц
ru Пирц, Вася
uk Вася Пірц
zh 瓦斯加·彼尔茨
🔖 Identifiers · 22
- ISNI
- 0000000055675292
- VIAF cluster ID
- 2408148997634159870003
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- nr93010601
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- VasjaPirc1964.jpg ↗
- 365Chess.com player ID
- Vasja_Pirc
- BIBSYS ID
- 90231211
- BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
- PircVasja1907-1980
- CONOR.SI ID
- 59369571
- ChessTempo.com player ID
- 244387
- Chessgames.com player ID
- 13190
- FAST ID
- 1718854
- Freebase ID
- /m/05zbrs
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- Geni profile ID
- 6000000002997387423
- NL CR AUT ID
- mzk2007408318
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 071761063
- Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin ID
- pirc-vasja
- Obálky knih ID
- mzk2007408318
- OlimpBase Chess Olympiad player ID
- 3pl7rbbb
- Prabook ID
- 1766329
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 490535
- Slovenska biografija ID
- 941690
- WikiTree person ID
- Pirc-20
🔗 Connections
Participant in 7
Country of citizenship 4
Title of chess person 3
Occupation 2
Country for sport 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Named after 1
Place of birth 1
Place of death 1
Sex or gender 1
Sport 1
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Summary
Born in Idrija[1], he… he was born on December 19, 1907[2]. He passed away in Ljubljana[3]. He died on June 2, 1980[4]. He worked as a chess player[5] and geographer[6].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Vasja Pirc include Pirc Defence[16], a chess opening[17].
Why It Matters
Entities named for him include Pirc Defence[16], a chess opening[17].
FAQs
Where was Vasja Pirc born?
Vasja Pirc's place of birth was Idrija[1].
Where did Vasja Pirc die?
Vasja Pirc passed away in Ljubljana[3].
What did Vasja Pirc do for work?
Vasja Pirc worked as chess player[5] and geographer[6].
What awards did Vasja Pirc receive?
Honors received include Bloudek award[11].