Czechoslovak Chess Championship

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The Czechoslovak National Chess Championship was the chess competition, which has determined the best czechoslovak chess player.

1 History
2 List of Winners
3 Multiple Winners
4 Bibliography
5 Notes
6 See also

[edit] History

First Czechoslovak championships were held in Prague in year 1919. After a break caused by the World War II the Championships were held till 1992.

Twelve tournaments were organized within international open tournaments, the best Czech or Czechoslovak player won then the title - such tournaments are marked with an 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

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

During the World War II only the Championships of Bohemia and Moravia were held.

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

[edit] Multiple Winners

7 titles: Luděk Pachman (1946-1966)
6 titles: Vlastimil Hort (1969-1977)
5 titles: Lubomír Ftáčník (1981-1989)
3 titles: Miroslav Filip (1950-1954), Vlastimil Jansa (1964-1984), Karel Opočenský (1927-1938), Jan Smejkal (1973-1986)