Vidmar Memorial
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The Milan Vidmar Memorial is a chess tournament commemorating Milan Vidmar (1885–1962), a leading Slovenian grandmaster.
The first Vidmar Memorial was held in 2–20 June 1969 in Ljubljana. In subsequent years the tournament has been held in several different Slovenian cities.[1]
[edit] Winners
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# Year City Winner 1 1969 Ljubljana 
Albin Planinc (Yugoslavia)2 1973 Ljubljana, Portorož 
Lajos Portisch (Hungary)3 1975 Portorož, Ljubljana 
Anatoly Karpov (Soviet Union)4 1977 Ljubljana, Portorož 
Bent Larsen (Denmark)5 1979 Bled, Portorož 
Jan Timman (Netherlands)6 1985 Portorož, Ljubljana Lajos Portisch (Hungary),
Zoltan Ribli (Hungary)7 1987 Portorož, Ljubljana Ivan Sokolov (Yugoslavia)8 1989 Ljubljana, Rogaška Slatina Predrag Nikolić (Yugoslavia)9 1991 Bled, Rogaška Slatina 
Predrag Nikolić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)10 1993 Portorož, Rogaška Slatina Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina)11 1995 Ptuj 
Stefan Kindermann (Germany)12 1997 Portorož 
Vadim Zviagintsev (Russia)13 1999 Portorož 
Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia)14 2001 Portorož Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia)15 2003 Portorož Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia),
Emil Sutovsky (Israel)16 2005 Portorož Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia)17 2007 Ljubljana Duško Pavasovič (Slovenia)
