Vladimir Vuković
Vladimir Vuković (26 August 1898, Zagreb – 18 November 1975, Zagreb) was a Croatian Jewish[1][2] chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter, and journalist.[3]
Vladimir Vuković | |
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Country | Croatia |
Born | Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, (now Croatia) | 26 August 1898
Died | 18 November 1975 77) Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | (aged
Title | International Master (1951) International Arbiter (1952) |
Chess career
Included in Vuković's tournament record achievements:[4]
- 3rd at Celje 1921, behind Stefan Erdélyi and Imre König
- =4–7th at Vienna 1921 tied with Ernst Grünfeld, Savielly Tartakower, and Árpád Vajda; won by Friedrich Sämisch
- 1st at Vienna 1921
- =10–11th at Vienna 1922; won by Akiba Rubinstein
- =4–5th at Györ 1924 (Hungarian Chess Championship); won by Géza Nagy
- =4–5th at Debrecen 1925; won by Hans Kmoch
- 7th at Kecskemét 1927 (elim., group B); won by Lajos Steiner
- =6–7th at Kecskemét 1927 (final B); won by Savielly Tartakower
- 3rd at Ramsgate 1929, behind Adolf Seitz and Árpád Vajda
He played for Yugoslavia on second board in the 1st Chess Olympiad at London 1927, posting a record of +7−6=2.[5]
He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1951 and International Arbiter (IA) in 1952.[3][6]
He also served as the vice-president of the Croatian Chess Federation.[7]
Writer
Vuković edited the monthly chess magazine Šahovski Glasnik (Chess Journal), the official periodical of the Yugoslavian chess federation.[8] He is the author of The Art of Attack in Chess (Oxford-London 1963),[9] which is widely regarded as a classic of chess literature.[10][11][12] Other books he wrote include Razvoj šahovskih ideja [The development of chess ideas] (Zagreb 1928) and The Chess Sacrifice (London-New York 1968).
Death
Vuković died on November 18, 1975 in Zagreb and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.[13]
References
- Martin H. Greenberg (1987, pp. 210–214)
- Fred Skolnik (1978, pp. 401–410)
- Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 452, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
- OlimpBase :: 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, information
- Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 522, LCCN 78106371
- 95. obljetnica Hrvatskoga šahovskog saveza
- Brace, Edward R. (1977), An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess, Hamlyn Publishing Group, p. 301, ISBN 1-55521-394-4
- "Robot Check".
- The Art of Attack in Chess
- Chessville – Reviews – Art of Attack in Chess
- http://www.chesscafe.com/text/aac.txt
- (in Croatian) Gradska groblja Zagreb: Vladimir Vuković, Mirogoj RKT-4-I-47
Bibliography
- Greenberg, Martin H. (1987). Jewish Lists. New York City: Schocken Books. ISBN 978-080-523-711-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Skolnik, Fred (1978). Encyclopedia Judaica. Volume 5. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing Company. ISBN 978-002-865-928-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
External links
- Vladimir Vukovic player profile and games at Chessgames.com