Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Akamirira nyika yake yekuzvarwa yeYugoslavia nekubudirira kukuru mumitambo gumi neshanu yeChess Olympiads kubva muna 1950 kusvika muna 1982 (kanokwana kagumi nematatu kubva ipapo), achitamba mitambo 223 (+88−26=109). MuOlympia yokutanga yapashure pehondo, pamusha paDubrovnik 1950
Gligoric akatamba pabhodhi rokutanga uye akatungamirira Yugoslavia kumugumisiro wenhoroondo, menduru yegoridhe yechikwata. Chikwata cheYugoslavia kazhinji chaiva chechipiri kana chechitatu munyika yose muma1950.