Vladimir Bukal

Vladimir Bukal (November 1, 1939 – August 21, 2008) was a Croatian chess player holding the title of International master.

Vladimir Bukal
Country	Croatia
Born	(1939-11-01)November 1, 1939
Died	August 21, 2008(2008-08-21) (aged 68) Zagreb, Croatia
Title	International Master (1986)
Peak rating	2465 (January 1986)

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 (Ulf Andersson won the A-section).^[1] Twice winner of the B-section of the Reggio Emilia chess tournament (1988/89 and 1989/90).

Bukal achieved his best results in Senior tournaments:

• 2001 – bronze medal at the World Senior Championship at Arco (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 (Yuri Shabanov 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.