František Treybal

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František Treybal (born 24 December 1882 – died 1941) was a Czech chess master.

In 1907 he won the 2nd Czech championships in Brunn (Brno). In 1907 he also won in Berlin, and tied for 5-6th in Prague (Oldřich Duras won). In 1908, he took 20th in Prague (Duras and Carl Schlechter won). In 1909, he took 4th in Prague (Duras won). In 1910, he tied for 1st-2nd with Ladislav Prokeš in Prague. In 1913, he won in Berlin. In 1913, he took 2nd, behind Karel Hromádka, in the 5th Czech championships in Jungbunzlau (Mladá Boleslav).

After WW I he played in several tournaments at Prague. In 1921, he tied for 1st-2nd with Hromádka. In 1924, he tied for 4-5th (Jan Schulz won). In 1927, he tied for 5-8th (Hromádka won). In 1929, he took 2nd, behind Salo Flohr.

He was an elder brother of Karel Treybal.