Kurajica Bojan (15.11.1947)
Bosnian Grandmaster (1974). World U20 Champion in 1965. He graduated in Italian and English at the Faculty of Philosophy of Zagreb.
Best results: winner or shared first at Split 1964, Batumi 1966, Sombor 1968, Wijk aan Zee II 1969 and 1974, Malaga 1970, Olot 1973, Sarajevo 1979, Lugano 1981, Bela Crkva and Oberwart 1984, Oberwart 1990, Ptuj and Olot 1991, San Sebastian, Zagreb, La Coruna and Las Palmas Open 1993 and 2005, Sevilla 1996, Banesque Open 1997, Ljubljana Open 1999 and 2004, Salona 2002 and 2005 and the Zadar Open 2004, Torneo Open de Ajedrez El Corte Inglés (ESP) 2009 and 2011, Caja Canarias Open 2011, Kukes Open 2013, Opatija Open 2014.
He was 2nd-3rd at the Yugoslav Championship 1984 and was a member of the Bosnia Chess Club, which won the European Team Club several times.
Kurajica has participated in 10 Olympiads since 1980, twice under the Yugoslavian flag and six times as a member of the team of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Peak rating: 2595 in 1995.
