Milan Vukadinov

Milan Vukadinov (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Вукадинов; 1936–2002)[1] was a Serbian-Canadian chess player who represented Canada at the 24th Chess Olympiad in Valletta, Malta.[2]

Biography

Vukadinov was born in Voyvodina in 1936, which was part of Yugoslavia at the time. Vukadinov first learned to play chess from his Serbian father at the age of nine in his hometown in Banat, Serbia.[3] However, he did not participate in a tournament until age 20. He attended university in Belgrave, reading law while working as a security guard part-time. Following this, he moved to Germany. In 1965, Vukadinov moved to Canada.[4] He received a Master's degree from the University of Waterloo in 1971.[5]

In Canada, Vukadinov began participating in the Windsor Chess Club. He was known primarily as a chess coach. An early tournament result had him finish in second place at the Ontario Open in 1967.[4] In London, he played 74 people in a simultaneous exhibition, winning 72 games.[6] In 1980, he represented Canada at the 24th Chess Olympiad in Valletta, Malta, where the team set a record for the best Canadian Chess Olympiad results, with eighth to ninth place out of 81.[2]

At his peak, Vukadinov had a Chess Federation of Canada rating of 2412, the eighth-highest Canadian rating. His United States Chess Federation rating peaked at 2455 and his FIDE rating 2232.[4]

Vukadinov died of a brain tumor on November 13, 2002.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Chess Life". United States Chess Federation. December 5, 1998 – via Google Books.
  2. "Chess | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
  3. "Windsor Chess". windsorchess.org.
  4. Profit, Brian. "Milan Vukadinov: In Memorial" (June 2003). En Passant. pp. 21–22.
  5. Tanasychuk, John. "Getting chess off his chest" (December 15, 1980). The Windsor Star.
  6. Silburt, Dave. "Master has the right moves" (May 31, 1982). The Windsor Star.
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