Ľudovít Potúček was a Slovak chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

 master.

In 1941, he tied for 2nd-3rd with József Szily

József Szily

József Szily was a Hungarian chess master.In 1939, he took 12th in Stuttgart . In 1941 he tied for 2nd-3rd with Ludovit Potuček, behind Jan Foltys, in Trenčianske Teplice...

, behind Jan Foltys

Jan Foltys

Jan Foltys , was a Czech chess International Master.-Biography:...

, in Trenčianske Teplice (Trentschin-Teplitz, Trencsénteplic), and played at second board against Braslav Rabar

Braslav Rabar

Braslav Rabar was a Croatian chess International Master and chess writer. He was Yugoslav champion in 1951, and in 1953 again tied for the tournament lead, but lost a playoff match. He played for Yugoslavia in three chess Olympiads , winning a total of five medals...

 (0.5 : 1.5) in a match Croatia–Slovakia at Zagreb 1941.

After World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, he tied for 10-12th at Zlín 1945 (Petar Trifunović

Petar Trifunovic

Dr. Petar Trifunović was an International Grandmaster and Serbian Champion of chess...

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.