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Milan Vidmar

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Milan Vidmar

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Slovenian chess player (1885–1962)

Person · Open Library

Works
11

Top works

  • Der Transformator im Betrieb
  • Ende des Goldzeitalters
  • Vorlesungen über die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik
  • Wirtschaftliche Aufbau der Elektrischen Maschine
  • Transformator Im Betrieb

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

4h-index
Works
94
Cited by
43

Research areas

PhysicsPhilosophyHumanitiesArtPolitical science

Most cited works

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Key facts

Born
( 1885-06-22 ) June 22, 1885, Ljubljana , Austria-Hungary
Died
October 9, 1962 (1962-10-09) (aged 77)
Alma mater
University of Vienna
Title
Grandmaster (1950)
Children
Milan Jr.

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Encyclopedic overview

Milan Vidmar ( pronounced [ˈmíːlan ˈʋìːdmaɾ]; 22 June 1885 – 9 October 1962) was a Slovenian electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930 and in 1950, was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE. Vidmar was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current.

Early life, family, and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Milan Vidmar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.