Milan Vukcevich

Milan Radoje Vukcevich ( Vukčević ) (born March 11, 1937 in Belgrade ; † May 10, 2003 in Shaker Heights ) was a Yugoslavian grand master of chess composition , a strong chess player and an important researcher.

chess

Vukcevich was a strong party gamer. He represented his home country Yugoslavia at the Chess Olympiad in Leipzig in 1960 and took third place with his team behind the Soviet Union and the USA . In 1975 he also came third at the United States Championship in Oberlin .

Milan Vukcevich had the title of FIDE Master since 1983 and the title of Grand Master in Chess Composition since 1988. In 1998 he was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame .

Private

Vukcevich moved to the United States in the 1960s , where he lived in northern Ohio . He received his PhD in Metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . At the Case Western Reserve University Vukcevich worked as assistant and later worked as a researcher for General Electric , where he became Chief Scientist rise. He made significant theoretical research in the field of lighting. Most recently he was a professor at the University of Arizona . Vukcevich died on May 10, 2003 as a result of complications from a tumor that had metastasized .

Web links

• Bibliographical information on Milan Vukcevich written by Edward J. Covington (English)
• Replayable chess games by Milan Vukcevich on chessgames.com (English)
• Compositions by Milan Vukcevich on the Schwalbe's PDB server

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Grand master for chess compositions
2. ↑ Milan Vukcevich's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
3. ↑ Elo history at olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from December 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Extract from a eulogy of Vukcevich's widow (accessed October 29, 2008)