Josip Rukavina (born October 29, 1942) is a Croatian chess International Master.[1] He played in the June 1973 Leningrad Interzonal tournament, intended to select a challenger to Bobby Fischer for the World Chess Championship 1975. Rukavina finished fifteenth out of eighteen players in total.[2] Among his games in this tournament was one that he won against Viktor Korchnoi, who previously had a one-point lead, but subsequently ended up finishing the tournament tied with Anatoly Karpov.[3] He also lost a game in the same tournament to Jan Smejkal.[4]
| Josip Rukavina | |
|---|---|
| Country | Croatia |
| Born | (1942-10-29) October 29, 1942 (age 79) |
| Title | International Master |
| FIDE rating | 2384 (as of January 2021) |
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