Editing Milan Vidmar (section)

==Chess career==
Vidmar was also a top-class chess player, probably one of the best dozen players in the world from 1910 to 1930, all the while remaining an amateur. He was awarded the [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] title by [[FIDE]] in 1950, when titles were introduced.

His successes include high places at some of the top chess tournaments of his time, e.g. sixth at [[Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament|Carlsbad 1907]], third at [[Prague 1908 chess tournament|Prague 1908]], first at Gothenburg 1909 (the 7th [[Nordic Chess Championship]]), second at [[San Sebastián chess tournament|San Sebastián 1911]] with [[Akiba Rubinstein]] behind [[José Raúl Capablanca]], first at [[Budapest]] 1912, second at [[Mannheim 1914 chess tournament|Mannheim 1914]], first at [[Vienna]] and [[Berlin]] in 1918, second at [[Košice]] 1928, third at London 1922, shared first with [[Alexander Alekhine]] at [[Hastings International Chess Congress|Hastings 1925/26]], third at [[Semmering, Austria|Semmering]] 1926, fourth at [[New York 1927 chess tournament|New York 1927]], fourth at London 1927, shared fifth at [[Carlsbad 1929 chess tournament|Carlsbad 1929]], tied for 4–7th at [[Bled 1931 chess tournament|Bled 1931]], tied for 3–6th at [[Stuttgart]] 1939, second behind [[Max Euwe]] at Budapest 1940, first at [[Basel]] 1952.

Vidmar represented Yugoslavia in the [[Chess Olympiad]]s of [[Prague]] 1931 ({{chessgloss|top board|board one}}, 8½/16) and [[Stockholm]] 1935 (board one, 8½/14).<ref>{{cite web | title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Milan sr Vidmar | url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/5t7ljfxg.html | access-date = April 8, 2018 }}</ref>
 
Vidmar became an [[arbiter (chess)|arbiter]], earning the title of [[International Arbiter]] from FIDE, and was chief referee for the [[World Chess Championship 1948|1948 World Chess Championship]] in [[The Hague]]/Moscow.