Czech Chess Championship
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The Czech National Chess Championship is the chess competition, which determines the best Czech Republic chess player.
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[edit] History
First national championships were held before founding of independent Czechoslovakia as the championships of Bohemia (within the Austro-Hungarian Empire) every second year between 1905 and 1913. After a break caused by the World War I, the Czechoslovak Championships were held till 1992 (with the exception of the World War II years, when there were no Slovak players again). Then the independent Czech Republic's championships continued the line.
1905 - 1913 - championships of Bohemia
1919 - 1938 - championships of Czechoslovakia (ČSR)
1940 - 1944 - championships of Bohemia and Moravia
1946 - 1960 - championships of Czechoslovakia (ČSR)
1962 - 1989 - championships of Czechoslovakia (ČSSR)
1990 - 1992 - championships of Czechoslovakia (ČSFR)
1993 - 2004 - championships of Czech Republic
Twelve tournaments were organized within international open tournaments, the best Czech or Czechoslovak player won then the title - such tournaments are marked with asterisk *) in the following list and the overall ranking of the eventual champion in the tournament is added in the brackets.[1]
[edit] List of Winners
- 2006 Brno: Viktor Láznička
- 2005 Karlovy Vary: David Navara
- 2004 Karlovy Vary: David Navara
- 2003 Luhačovice: Miloš Jirovský
- 2002 Ostrava: Petr Hába
- 2001 Kunžak: Eduard Meduna
- 2000 Opava: Pavel Blatný
- 1999 Lázně Bohdaneč: Marek Vokáč
- 1998 Zlín: Sergei Movsesian
- 1997 Zlín: Pavel Blatný
- 1996 Turnov: Petr Hába
- 1995 Olomouc: Karel Mokrý
- 1994 Ústí nad Labem: Zbyněk Hráček
- 1993 Luhačovice: Vlastimil Babula
- 1992 Prague: Vítězslav Rašík
- 1991 Bratislava: Igor Gažík
- 1990 Brno: Pavel Blatný
- 1989 Prague*): Lubomír Ftáčník (2nd)
- 1988 Třinec: Pavel Blatný
- 1987 Námestovo*): Eduard Meduna (2nd)
- 1986 Prague: Jan Smejkal
- 1985 Trenčianské Teplice*): Lubomír Ftáčník (2nd)
- 1984 Šumperk: Vlastimil Jansa
- 1983 Bratislava*): Lubomír Ftáčník (2nd)
- 1982 Frenštát pod Radhoštěm: Lubomír Ftáčník
- 1981 Hradec Králové*): Lubomír Ftáčník (2nd)
- 1980 Trnava: Jan Ambrož
- 1979 Trenčianské Teplice: Jan Smejkal
- 1978 Mariánské Lázně: Eduard Prandstetter
- 1977 Děčín*): Vlastimil Hort (3rd)
- 1976 Ostrava: Eduard Prandstetter
- 1975 Brno*): Vlastimil Hort (1st)
- 1974 Rimavská Sobota: Vlastimil Jansa
- 1973 Luhačovice*): Jan Smejkal (1st)
- 1972 Třinec: Vlastimil Hort
- 1971 Luhačovice*): Vlastimil Hort (1st)
- 1970 Havířov: Vlastimil Hort
- 1969 Luhačovice*): Vlastimil Hort (3rd)
- 1968 Luhačovice: Lubomír Kaválek
- 1967 Bratislava: Július Kozma
- 1966 Harrachov*): Luděk Pachman (3rd)
- 1965 Pardubice: Josef Augustin
- 1964 Brno: Vlastimil Jansa
- 1963 Prague: Luděk Pachman
- 1962 Jablonec nad Nisou: Lubomír Kaválek
- 1961 Košice: Luděk Pachman
- 1960 Ostrava: Jiří Fichtl
- 1959 Bratislava: Luděk Pachman
- 1957 Prague: Luděk Pachman
- 1956 Poděbrady: Ladislav Alster
- 1955 Prague: Ján Šefc
- 1954 Prague: Miroslav Filip
- 1953 Prague: Luděk Pachman
- 1952 Tatranská Lomnica: Miroslav Filip
- 1950 Gottwaldov (now Zlín): Miroslav Filip
- 1948 Bratislava: Emil Richter
- 1946 Ostrava: Luděk Pachman
- 1944 Brno: Karel Opočenský
- 1943 Prague: František Zíta
- 1940 Rakovník: Jan Foltys
- 1938 Prague: Karel Opočenský
- 1936 Poděbrady*): Salo Flohr (1st)
- 1933 Mnichovo Hradiště: Salo Flohr
- 1931 Prague: Leo Zobel
- 1929 Brno: Karel Opočenský
- 1927 České Budějovice: Karel Opočenský
- 1925 Bratislava: Richard Réti
- 1923 Pardubice: Max Walter
- 1921 Brno: Karel Hromádka
- 1919 Prague: František Schubert
- 1913 Mladá Boleslav: Karel Hromádka
- 1911 Plzeň: Oldřich Duras
- 1909 Prague: Oldřich Duras
- 1907 Brno: František Treybal
- 1905 Prague: Oldřich Duras
[edit] Multiple Winners
7 titles: Luděk Pachman (1946-1966)
6 titles: Vlastimil Hort (1969-1977)
5 titles: Lubomír Ftáčník (1981-1989)
4 titles: Karel Opočenský (1927-1944), Pavel Blatný (1988-2000)
3 titles: Oldřich Duras (1905-1911), Miroslav Filip (1950-1954), Vlastimil Jansa (1964-1984), Jan Smejkal (1973-1986)
[edit] Bibliography
MODR, Břetislav - VESELÝ, Jiří: 100 let organizovaného šachu v českých zemích. Příbram, 2005. 223 p. ISBN 80-86595-14-05
