Alexander (Sándor) Pituk (October 26, 1904 in

Banská Štiavnica Banská Štiavnica (; german: Schemnitz; hu, Selmecbánya (Selmec), ) is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as the Štiavnica Mountain ...

– April 30, 2002 in

) was a Slovak and Hungarian chess problem composer and judge. He resided all his life in

and worked as a carpenter. He was appointed an International Judge of Chess Compositions and was awarded the

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for Chess Composition and the title of Honorary Master of Chess Composition. He is author of 584 compositions (60 of them award-winners). His brother József Viktorián Pituk (1906–1991) was an established painter in

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External links

Pituk's page on Juraj Lorinc's websiteAlexander Pituk: Chess Compositions I 1927-1961Alexander Pituk: Chess Compositions II 1962-2002
1904 births 2002 deaths People from Banská Štiavnica Hungarians in Slovakia International Judges of Chess Compositions Chess composers {{hungary-chess-bio-stub