Ľudovít Potúček (born 16 April 1912; died 27 July 1982) was a Slovak

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master. In 1941, he tied for 2nd-3rd with

József Szily József Szily (2 October 1913, Budapest – 26 April 1976) was a Hungarian chess master. In 1939, he took 12th in Stuttgart (1st ''Europa Turnier'', Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1941, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Ludovit Potuček, behind Jan Foltys, in T ...

, behind

Jan Foltys Jan Foltys (13 October 1908, Svinov – 11 March 1952, Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic) was a Czech chess International Master. Biography In 1933, he tied for 8-12th in Mnichovo Hradiště (13th Czech championships). In ...

, in Trenčianske Teplice (Trentschin-Teplitz, Trencsénteplic), and played at second board against

Braslav Rabar Braslav Rabar (27 September 1919, Zagreb – 6 December 1973, Zagreb) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian chess International Master (1950) and chess writer. He was Yugoslav champion in 1951, and in 1953 again tied for the tournament lead, but lost a playo ...

(0.5 : 1.5) in a match Croatia–Slovakia at Zagreb 1941. After

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, he tied for 10-12th at Zlín 1945 (

Petar Trifunović Petar Trifunović (31 August 1910 – 8 December 1980) was a Yugoslav chess player, who has been awarded the international grandmaster title, and five times Yugoslav champion. Chess career Yugoslavia was for many years the world's second stron ...

won). Potúček played for Czechoslovakia in friendly matches against England at London 1947, MCCU at Birmingham 1947, France at Paris 1947, and Netherlands at The Hague 1947.Welcome to the Chessmetrics site

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