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Milan Vukić (born 19 August 1942, Sanski Most) is a Bosnian chess Grandmaster. He has been a champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the former state of Yugoslavia, both during its constitution as a Socialist Federal Republic (SFRY) and as a Federal Republic (FRY). ==Biography== Curiously, he only started to play chess as a young man, having been busy with other sports during his teenage years. However, once hooked on the game, his progress was rapid.〔(Chesslodge - Chess News and Events )〕 Earning the title International Master in 1967 and Grandmaster in 1975, he first won the Yugoslav Chess Championship (SFRY) in 1970 and added further victories in 1971 and 1974. In the midst of the Balkan war hostilities (1992–1995), it was not uncommon for chess players like Vukić, with a real passion for the game, to ignore the dangers and carry on playing in scheduled competitions.〔(NY Times August 8, 1993 )〕 Consequently, a fourth (this time FRY) championship win came his way in 1994. Later, after his country had endured yet more political upheaval, he was winner of the first ever Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2005). Organisers ensured this tournament comprised a mix of Serbian and Bosnian players in the spirit of friendship.〔(The Week In Chess, Mark Crowther (issue 582) )〕 Vukić was himself a registered Serbian player at the time, but has since switched Federations. A regular on the international tournament circuit of the 1970s, he enjoyed considerable success. His most notable results included outright or shared first place at the Biel Open 1972 and 1973 (the latter shared with Janos Flesch),〔(Biel Chess Festival Past Winners )〕 the inaugural Banja Luka tournament 1974 (ahead of Vlastimil Hort and Gennady Kuzmin, other notable players included Jan Timman, Borislav Ivkov, István Csom, James Tarjan - maybe his biggest success), Bajmok and Varna (both 1975), Vukovar 1976 and Zemun 1980 (shared with Dragoljub Velimirović). Since then, he has remained fairly active as a player of tournaments and continues to record the occasional win, such as when he shared first place at Hotel Opatija (Rijeka) in 2002.〔(The Week In Chess, Mark Crowther (issue 421) )〕 In team chess he has represented Yugoslavia at student and full national level.〔(Olimpbase - Team Chess Records )〕 Commencing with the World Student Team Championships of 1967 and 1968, he contributed solid plus scores, but the team failed to excel. At the European Team Chess Championship, he played in 1970 and in 1980, taking home an individual bronze medal on the second outing. He was part of the Bosnia & Herzegovina Euro team in 2007, but played only one game. Surprisingly for a multiple national champion, he has never represented his country at the Olympiad. As a player of regular league chess, Vukić has had a long affiliation with the club ''Željezničar Sarajevo'' and was a team member at the finals of European Club Cup. He also has a fine reputation as a practitioner of blitz chess.〔(Chesslodge - Chess News and Events )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milan Vukić」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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