# Mario Bertok

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[[File:Beslissingsvierkamp om 2 plaatsen in het Interzonale Toernooi, vlnr Bilek, O, Bestanddeelnr 911-7976.jpg|thumb|Bertok vs. [Aleksandar Matanović](/source/Aleksandar_Matanovi%C4%87) (1960)]]
'''Mario Bertok''' (2 September 1929&nbsp;&ndash; 20 August 2008) was a [Croatia](/source/Croatia)n [chess](/source/chess) [master](/source/chessmaster) and sports journalist, writing for the ''[Sportske novosti](/source/Sportske_novosti)''<ref name="Jutarnji"/> daily sports newspaper. He was born in [Zagreb](/source/Zagreb), [Yugoslavia](/source/Yugoslavia).

== Career ==
Bertok earned the [International Master](/source/International_Master) title in 1957.  He represented Yugoslavia on board four at the 1960 [Chess Olympiad](/source/Chess_Olympiad), scoring +5=5−3.  A second-place finish in the 1960 [Yugoslav Championship](/source/Yugoslav_Chess_Championship) earned Bertok a berth in the 1960 Budapest Zonal where he placed 2nd, taking third after a playoff.
At the 1962 [Stockholm Interzonal](/source/World_Chess_Championship_1963) he finished 17th.
His best international result was Rovinj-Zagreb 1970 where he finished 9th=.

== Personal Life and Death ==
Bertok's wife was a well-known Yugoslav actress [Semka Sokolović-Bertok](/source/Semka_Sokolovi%C4%87-Bertok) (1935–2008), who herself was a competitive chess player in her youth.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.filmski.net/vijesti/dugometrazni-film/5413/umrla_semka_sokolovic-bertok | title=Umrla Semka Sokolović-Bertok | date=March 6, 2008 | work=filmski.net | language=Croatian | accessdate=2008-08-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042840/http://www.filmski.net/vijesti/dugometrazni-film/5413/umrla_semka_sokolovic-bertok | archive-date=January 12, 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 20 August 2008, Bertok was reported missing after a few hours of swimming off the shores of [Jarun Lake](/source/Jarun_Lake); his body was recovered from the lake later the same day.<ref name="Jutarnji">{{cite news | url=http://jutarnji.hr/crna_kronika/clanak/art-2008,8,21,,130633.jl | title=Na Jarunu se utopio Mario Bertok | newspaper=[Jutarnji list](/source/Jutarnji_list) | date=August 21, 2008 | language=Croatian | accessdate=2008-08-22 | archive-date=2008-08-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823232706/http://jutarnji.hr/crna_kronika/clanak/art-2008,8,21,,130633.jl | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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{{refbegin}}
*{{citation
 | last=Brace | first=Edward R.
 | year=1977 | title=An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess
 | publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group
 | isbn=1-55521-394-4
 | page=32}}
*{{citation
 | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige
 | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography
 | publisher=McFarland
 | isbn=0-7864-2353-6
 | page=35}}
*{{citation
 | last=Sunnucks | first=Anne | author-link=Anne Sunnucks
 | year=1970 | title=The Encyclopaedia of Chess
 | publisher=St. Martin's Press
 | page=26
 | lccn=78106371}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
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Category:Chess International Masters
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Category:Accidental deaths in Croatia
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Category:20th-century Croatian journalists
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Category:Journalists from Zagreb
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