Vlatko[1] Kovačević (born 26 March 1942 in Dubrovnik) is a Croatian chess grandmaster.

In 1986, he tied for 2nd–3rd, behind Jaime Sunye Neto, in Zenica.

He won the individual bronze medal at fourth board in Novi Sad.

FIDE awarded him the International Grandmaster title in 1976.

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