The Czech National Chess Championship is the chess competition, which determines the best Czech Republic chess player.
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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. Then the independent Czech Republic's championships continued the line.
1905 - 1913 - championships of Bohemia
1940 - 1944 - championships of Bohemia and Moravia
1993 - today - championships of Czech Republic
For Czechoslovak championship see Czechoslovak Chess Championship.
| Year | City | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1905 | Prague | Oldřich Duras |
| 1907 | Brno | František Treybal |
| 1909 | Prague | Oldřich Duras |
| 1911 | Plzeň | Oldřich Duras |
| 1913 | Mladá Boleslav | Karel Hromádka |
(in the years of World War II)
| Year | City | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Rakovník | Jan Foltys |
| 1943 | Prague | František Zíta |
| 1944 | Brno | Karel Opočenský |
| Year | City | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Luhačovice | Vlastimil Babula |
| 1994 | Ústí nad Labem | Zbyněk Hráček |
| 1995 | Olomouc | Karel Mokrý |
| 1996 | Turnov | Petr Hába |
| 1997 | Zlín | Pavel Blatný |
| 1998 | Zlín | Sergei Movsesian |
| 1999 | Lázně Bohdaneč | Marek Vokáč |
| 2000 | Opava | Pavel Blatný |
| 2001 | Kunžak | Eduard Meduna |
| 2002 | Ostrava | Petr Hába |
| 2003 | Luhačovice | Miloš Jirovský |
| 2004 | Karlovy Vary | David Navara |
| 2005 | Karlovy Vary | David Navara |
| 2006 | Brno | Viktor Láznička |
| 2007 | Prague | Tomáš Polák |
| 2008 | Havlíčkův Brod | Vlastimil Babula |
| 2009 | Děčín | Pavel Šimáček |
| 2010 | Ostrava | David Navara |
| 2011 | Pardubice | Jiří Štoček |
Only Oldřich Duras and David Navara won the Czech championship three times. Petr Hába, Pavel Blatný and Vlastimil Babula won each twice.
The Czech Chess Union and Czech chess press count all Czech and Czechoslovak titles together, with the resulting ranking as follows:
| Year | City | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Chrudim | Hana Kubikova |
| 1993 | Czechia | Martina Folkova |
| 1994 | Nymburk | Lenka Ptacnikova |
| 1994 | Chrudim | Hana Kubikova |
| 1995 | Olomouc | Silvie Saljova |
| 1996 | Usti nad Labem | Lenka Ptacnikova |
| 1997 | Ostrava | Gabriela Hitzgerova |
| 1998 | Klatovy | Gabriela Hitzgerova |
| 1999 | Klatovy | Silvie Saljova |
| 2001 | Trinec | Olga Sikorova |
| 2002 | Frymburk | Olga Sikorova |
| 2003 | Luhacovice | Katerina Cedikova |
| 2004 | Karlovy Vary | Olga Sikorova |
| 2008 | Havlickuv Brod | Katerina Nemcova |
MODR, Břetislav - VESELÝ, Jiří: 100 let organizovaného šachu v českých zemích. Příbram, 2005. 223 p. ISBN 80-86595-14-05