Vladimir Vuković | |
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Country | Croatia |
Born | Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, (now Croatia) | 26 August 1898
Died | 18 November 1975 Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | (aged 77)
Title |
International Master (1951) International Arbiter (1952) |
Vladimir Vuković (26 August 1898, Zagreb – 18 November 1975, Zagreb) was a Croatian Jewish [1] [2] chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter, and journalist. [3]
Included in Vuković's tournament record achievements: [4]
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]
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).
Vuković has a checkmate pattern named after him: Vuković's Mate. It involves checkmating the enemy king with a rook in front of it while a knight blocks off the adjacent escape squares. [13]
Vuković died on November 18, 1975, in Zagreb and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery. [14]
Bibliography
Vladimir Vuković | |
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Country | Croatia |
Born | Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, (now Croatia) | 26 August 1898
Died | 18 November 1975 Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | (aged 77)
Title |
International Master (1951) International Arbiter (1952) |
Vladimir Vuković (26 August 1898, Zagreb – 18 November 1975, Zagreb) was a Croatian Jewish [1] [2] chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter, and journalist. [3]
Included in Vuković's tournament record achievements: [4]
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]
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).
Vuković has a checkmate pattern named after him: Vuković's Mate. It involves checkmating the enemy king with a rook in front of it while a knight blocks off the adjacent escape squares. [13]
Vuković died on November 18, 1975, in Zagreb and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery. [14]
Bibliography