Background
Čirić was born in Novi Sad in 1935.
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17th Chess Olympiad 1966 Havana – Čirić scored a perfect 8/8 playing as second reserve, and Yugoslavia finished 4th.
Career
He gained the International Master title in 1961 and became a Grandmaster in 1965. Čirić played for Yugoslavia in the Olympiads of 1966 and 1968. His results were:
Čirić also played in the European Team Chess Championship twice, in 1961 and 1965.
His results were as follows:
Yugoslavia again finished 2nd behind Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics for team silver.
Chigorin Memorial 1965: 3rd (the winners were Wolfgang Unzicker and Boris Spassky)
Sarajevo 1966: 1st= 11/15 (with Mikhail Tal)
Sarajevo 1968: 1st= 10/15 (with Anatoly Lein)
His death at the age of 78 was announced by the Belgrade Chess Federation on 17 August 2014.
Achievements
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18th Chess Olympiad 1968 Lugano – Čirić scored 5/7 and Yugoslavia finished 2nd, receiving silver medals. 2nd European Team Championship 1961 Oberhausen – Čirić scored 6½/9 on board 7, receiving an individual gold medal. Yugoslavia finished 2nd (behind Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) receiving silver medals. 3rd European Team Championship 1965 Hamburg – Čirić scored 4/8 on board 9, receiving an individual silver medal. Hoogovens Beverwijk 1967: 3rd (the winner was Spassky).
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Nationality
Serbia Serbia and Monteneg