{{short description|Croatian chess grandmaster (1951–2015)}} {{Infobox chess player |name = Krunoslav Hulak |image = Krunoslav Hulak 1977.jpg |caption = Krunoslav Hulak in 1977 |country = Yugoslavia → Croatia |birth_date = {{birth date|1951|5|25|df=y}} |birth_place = Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia |death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|23|1951|5|25|df=y}} |death_place = Zagreb, Croatia |title = Grandmaster (1976) |peakrating = 2570 (October 2002) }} thumb|upright|Krunoslav Hulak, 1983
'''Krunoslav Hulak''' (25 May 1951 – 23 October 2015) was a Yugoslav and later Croatian chess grandmaster. He was awarded the International Master title in 1974, and the grandmaster title in 1976 by FIDE.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=14500060|title=Hulak, Krunoslav FIDE Chess Profile|website=ratings.fide.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183723/http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=14500060|archive-date=2016-03-03|access-date=2019-09-22}}</ref>
==Career== Hulak won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1976 and the Croatian Chess Championship in 2005.<ref>[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic576.html#5 TWIC 576: Croatian Championship]. ''The Week in Chess''. Retrieved 2019-09-22.</ref>
His other notable tournament performances have been: *Varna 1974 equal 1st *Lublin 1976 equal 2nd *Amsterdam IBM tournament 1977 2nd *Osijek 1980 equal 1st *Sombor 1980 equal 1st *Budva 1981 2nd *Banja Luka 1983 equal 1st *Zagreb 1985 2nd *Wijk aan Zee-B 1986 1st *Banja Luka 1987 equal 1st *Solin 2000 2nd
He played twice in the interzonal tournaments, finishing 11th at Toluca 1982 and 12th at Zagreb 1987.<ref>[http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/ |date=April 14, 2006 }}. Chessmetrics.com (2005-03-26). Retrieved on 2012-11-10.</ref>
Hulak played thrice for Yugoslavia (1982, 1986, 1990) and thrice for Croatia (1992, 1994, 1996) in the Chess Olympiad.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/uwik082g.html Krunoslav Hulak] team chess record at Olimpbase.org</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.tportal.hr/sport/magazin/401756/Tuzna-vijest-za-hrvatski-sah-Bio-je-omiljen.html Tužna vijest za hrvatski šah: Bio je omiljen...] {{in lang|hr}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[https://www.365chess.com/players/Krunoslav_Hulak Krunoslav Hulak] chess games at 365Chess.com
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