Mirko Bröder

Mirko (Imre) Bröder, or Broeder, Broder, Breder (1911–1943) was a Hungarian–Serbian chess master.

Mirko Bröder
Country Hungary, Serbia
Born1911
Died1943 (age 31 or 32)
TitleNational Master

Born in Budapest, he grew up in Novi Sad, Voivodina (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), where he studied law. He won a simultaneous game against Alexander Alekhine at Novi Sad 1930,[1] took 2nd in 1930, 4th in 1931, and 2nd in 1933, all in Novi Sad (local tournaments), tied for 4-5th at Novi Sad 1936 (the 2nd Yugoslav Chess Championship, Vasja Pirc won),[2] and tied for 9-10th at Ljubljana 1938 (the 4th YUG-ch, Boris Kostić won).[3]

Bröder played for Yugoslavia in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 on eighth board (+7 –2 =8),[4] and in the 7th Chess Olympiad at Stockholm 1937 on first reserve board (+4 –2 =7).[5]

During World War II, he died at the hands of the Nazis in 1943.

References
  1. "Alexander Alekhine vs Mirko Broeder (1930)". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2008-02-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-10-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Wojciech Bartelski. "unofficial Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936, Yugoslavia". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  5. Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads :: Mirko Bröder". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2012-02-19.


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