Ľudovít Potúček (16 April 1912 – 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

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, 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 and Serbian chess player, who was awarded the international grandmaster title, and was a five-time Yugoslav champion. Chess career Yugoslavia was for ...

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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