Editor of Chess Informant Dies
By Dylan L. McClain
 
 
Zdenko Krnic, 62, the long-time editor and director of Chess Informant died on July 23 from injuries sustained after being hit by a motorcycle in Belgrade, Serbia, on his way home from work. His death was reported on the company’s Web site.
 
For many years, Chess Informant {Sahovski Informator} was probably the most important publication for any serious chess player. Published three times a year, it provides hundreds of annotated games from the previous months — often annotated by the best players in the world. The symbols used to evaluate positions and moves that are in common use today originated in Informant. The classification system for openings is another Informant invention.
 
Informant has declined in importance over the years with the development of databases, chess computers and the Internet, but it has somehow persevered, in no small part because of Krnic.
 
He became a member of the editorial board in 1971 and Informant’s editor in chief in 1996. Since 2001, he had been a director of the company.
 
In addition to his editorial work, he was a player, achieving the rank of international master.
 
According to Informant’s Web site, he is survived by his wife, Zdenka, and two sons, Bojan and Goran.

Back when I played in OTB tourneys,(in the 70's and early 80's)the informant was the best source of information on openings.I used to get everyone of them and go thru them for innovations in my favorite openings.
 
Given the databases and computers of today I was surprised to see it is still around.Sad news about its editors passing