Juraj Nikolac

Juraj Nikolac, Wijk aan Zee 1979
Country	Yugoslavia; Croatia
Born	22 April 1932 Metković
Title	International Master (1975) Grandmaster (1979)
Peak rating	2500 (January 1988)
Peak ranking	105 (January 1978)

Juraj Nikolac (born 22 April 1932) is a Croatian, formerly Yugoslav chess grandmaster.

Nikolac was born in Metković, and is a retired physics teacher. He was awarded the International Master title in 1975, and the Grandmaster title in 1979.

He finished 3= behind Aleksandar Matanović in the 1978 Yugoslav championship. His international tournament successes include:

• 4th, Zagreb, 1973
• 2=, Zagreb - Rovinj, 1975
• 2=, Wijk aan Zee B, 1976
• 1=, Amsterdam B, 1977
• 1st, Vrnjacka Banja, 1978
• 2nd, Dortmund, 1979
• 2nd, Oberwart, 1985
• 1st, Bled, 1986
• 1=, Linz, 1986
• 1st, Maribor, 1987

He is the author of a number of theoretical studies.