Mario Bertok (2 September 1929 – 20 August 2008) was a Croatian chess master and sports journalist, writing for the Sportske novosti[1] daily sports newspaper. He was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
Bertok earned the International Master title in 1957. He represented Yugoslavia on board four at the 1960 Chess Olympiad, scoring +5=5−3. A second-place finish in the 1960 Yugoslav Championship earned Bertok a berth in the 1960 Budapest Zonal where he placed 2nd, taking third after a playoff. At the 1962 Stockholm Interzonal he finished 17th. His best international result was Rovinj-Zagreb 1970 where he finished 9th=.
Bertok's wife was a well-known Yugoslav actress Semka Sokolović-Bertok (1935–2008), who herself was a competitive chess player in her youth.[2]
On 20 August 2008, Bertok was reported missing after a few hours of swimming off the shores of Jarun Lake; his body was recovered from the lake later the same day.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Na Jarunu se utopio Mario Bertok". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). August 21, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ "Umrla Semka Sokolović-Bertok". filmski.net (in Croatian). March 6, 2008. Archived from the original on January 12, 2018. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- Brace, Edward R. (1977), An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess, Hamlyn Publishing Group, p. 32, ISBN 1-55521-394-4
- Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 35, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 26, LCCN 78106371
External links edit
- Mario Bertok player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Mario Bertok Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org