Vlasta Maček: key obituary facts
Is Vlasta Maček dead? Yes. Vlasta Maček died on September 8, 2026, at age 74.
Cause of death: Vlasta Maček's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Vlasta Maček known for?
She was a Croatian chess player.
More about Vlasta Maček
Born: 27 June 1952.
Gender: female.
Nationality: Yugoslavia, Croatia.
Title: Woman International Master (1974).
Vlasta Maček, a Croatian chess player, died on September 8, 2026, at age 74.
Born Vlasta Kalchbrenner on June 27, 1952, she played under the title Woman International Master, which she received in 1974. Maček was among the leading Croatian women’s chess players from the early 1970s into the mid-2000s, winning the Yugoslav Women’s Chess Championship in 1980 and the Croatian Women’s Chess Championship twice, in 1992 and 1999.
Her other notable results included an individual bronze medal at the 1974 Women’s Chess Olympiad and victory in the first European Senior Chess Championship for women in 2003.