Vladimir Vuković
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Vladimir Vuković (26 August 1898, Zagreb – 18 November 1975, Zagreb) was a Croatian chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter, and journalist.[1]
His tournament record includes the following achievements:[2]
- 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.[3]
Vuković edited the monthly chess magazine Šahovski Glasnik, the official periodical of the Yugoslavian chess federation.[4] He is the author of The Art of Attack in Chess (Oxford-London 1963), which is widely regarded as a classic of chess literature.[5][6][7] Other books he wrote include Razvoj šahovskih ideja (Zagreb 1928) and The Chess Sacrifice (London-New York 1968).
He also served as the vice-president of the Croatian Chess Federation.[8]
Vladimir Vuković was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1951 and International Arbiter (IA) in 1952.[1][9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 452, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf 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
- ^ Brace, Edward R. (1977), An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess, Hamlyn Publishing Group, p. 301, ISBN 1-55521-394-4
- ^ The Art of Attack in Chess
- ^ Chessville - Reviews - Art of Attack in Chess
- ^ http://www.chesscafe.com/text/aac.txt
- ^ 95. obljetnica Hrvatskoga šahovskog saveza
- ^ Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 522, LCCN 78-106371
