Borislav Ivkov

ABOUT BORISLAV IVKOV

Serbian chess player and first ever World Junior Champion who won nearly two dozen high-class events during his career.

He became an official chess master at the early age of 16 after winning the Yugoslav Championship at Zagreb in 1949.

He was one of the oldest active competitive chess players in the world.

He had a son named Boris.

He was a competitor of Boris Spassky .