Vladimir Bukal (November 1, 1939 – August 21, 2008) was a
Croatia
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n chess player holding the title of
International master
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.
He played in many
Yugoslav and
Croatian championships, winning the latter in 1978.
In 1985 he won the B-section of the "Banco di Roma" tournament in
Rome
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Ulf Andersson
Ulf Andersson (born 27 June 1951) is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972.
Career
At his peak, Andersson reached number four on the FIDE rating list. Tournamen ...
won the A-section).
[''Scacco!'' 1985, ed. ESI, Naples, p. 171] Twice winner of the B-section of the
Reggio Emilia chess tournament
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(1988/89 and 1989/90).
Bukal achieved his best results in Senior tournaments:
* 2001 – bronze medal at the
World Senior Championship
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at
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(
Janis Klovans won the event);
* 2002 – gold medal at the
European Senior Championship at
Saint-Vincent;
* 2003 – bronze medal at the World Senior Championship at
Bad Zwischenahn
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Yuri Shabanov
Yuri Fedorovich Shabanov (russian: Юрий Фёдорович Шабанов, 11 November 1937 Khabarovsk – 30 March 2010, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian chess Grandmaster (2003), arbiter of the republican category (1997).
Two-time world ...
won the event).
He was a member of the ''HAŠK Mladost Zagreb'' chess club.
His son Vladimir Bukal Jr. (born in 1975) is also an International master.
References
External links
*
Vladimir Bukalprofile and games at 365Chess.com
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Croatian chess players
Yugoslav chess players
1939 births
2008 deaths
Chess International Masters