Chess Grandmaster plays 15 MEDCEUR particpants simultaneously

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DANILOVGRAD ARMY BASE, Montenegro --  
Chess Grandmaster of Montenegro, Bozidar Ivanovic, played chess against 15 people simultaneously at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, during the MEDCEUR10 sports day Sept. 12. 

"I wish you all the best of luck," Ivanovic told his challengers through an interpreter. "I will start from the left and at the end of this I will tell who is the best."  Before begining he handed each player an autographed copy of "The Peaks of Chess," a 180-page collection of famous chess games and strategies he authored.

Only 20 minutes pass before the first contender, Senior Master Sgt. Bodie McCoy, hears, "checkmate."  Only one hour later Mr. Ivanovic won 12 games and had three draws to end the challenge.

Mr. Ivanovic has served as Minister of Sport and Tourism in Montenegro. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship three times, in 1973, 1981, and 1983 (shared). He also won the championship of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1996.