Aleksandar Matanovic (born May 23, 1930 in Belgrade) is a Serbian chess grandmaster with an Elo-rating of 2490. May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Location of Belgrade within Serbia Coordinates: Country Serbia District City of Belgrade Municipalities 17 Government  - Mayor Nenad Bogdanović (DS) (since 2004)  - Ruling parties DS/DSS/G17+ Area  - City 3,222. ... Anthem Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian language 1 Recognised regional languages Hungarian, Croatian, Slovak, Romanian, Rusyn 2 Albanian, English 3 Government Parliamentary republic  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment  -  Formation 8th century   -  First unified state c. ... Chess is a recreational and competitive game for two players. ... The title Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ... The ELO rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess and Go. ...

Awarded the GM title in 1955, he was Yugoslav national champion in 1962 (joint), 1969 and 1978. He has also been a radio announcer, author of chess books and Editor in Chief of Chess Informant. Chess Informant (Å ahovski Informator) is a publishing company that periodically produces a book of the same name, as well as the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, Encyclopaedia of Chess Endings, Opening Monographs, other print publications, and software (including electronic editions of all most print publications. ...

External links

• FIDE rating card for Aleksandar Matanovic