Vladimir Vuković

Vladimir Vuković
Born	26 August 1898 Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, (now Croatia)
Died	18 November 1975 (aged 77) Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croat

Vladimir Vuković (26 August 1898, Zagreb – 18 November 1975, Zagreb) was a Croatian Jewish^[1][2] chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter, and journalist.^[3]

His tournament record includes the following 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]

Vuković edited the monthly chess magazine Šahovski Glasnik (Chess Journal), the official periodical of the Yugoslavian chess federation.^[6] He is the author of The Art of Attack in Chess (Oxford-London 1963),^[7] which is widely regarded as a classic of chess literature.^[8][9][10] Other books he wrote include Razvoj šahovskih ideja [The development of chess ideas] (Zagreb 1928) and The Chess Sacrifice (London-New York 1968).

He also served as the vice-president of the Croatian Chess Federation.^[11]

Vladimir Vuković was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1951 and International Arbiter (IA) in 1952.^[3][12]

He died on November 18, 1975 in Zagreb and was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery.^[13]

References

1. Martin H. Greenberg (1987, pp. 210–214)
2. Fred Skolnik (1978, pp. 401–410)
3. Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 452, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
4. 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
5. OlimpBase :: 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, information
6. Brace, Edward R. (1977), An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess, Hamlyn Publishing Group, p. 301, ISBN 1-55521-394-4
7. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1857444000/ref=oss_product
8. The Art of Attack in Chess
9. Chessville - Reviews - Art of Attack in Chess
10. http://www.chesscafe.com/text/aac.txt
11. 95. obljetnica Hrvatskoga šahovskog saveza
12. Sunnucks, Anne (1970), The Encyclopaedia of Chess, St. Martin's Press, p. 522, LCCN 78106371
13. (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.
• Skolnik, Fred (1978). Encyclopedia Judaica. Volume 5. Jerusalem: Keter Publishing Company. ISBN 978-002-865-928-2.

External links

• Vladimir Vukovic player profile and games at Chessgames.com