Czech Chess Championship
The Czech National Chess Championship is the chess competition that is held to determine the best chess player from the Czech Republic.
History
See also: Czechoslovak Chess Championship
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.
- 1905–13 – championships of Bohemia
- 1940–44 – championships of Bohemia and Moravia
- 1993–present – championships of the Czech Republic
List of winners
Championships of Bohemia
Year City Winner 1905 Prague Oldřich Duras 1907 Brno František Treybal 1909 Prague Oldřich Duras 1911 Plzeň Oldřich Duras 1913 Mladá Boleslav Karel Hromádka
Championships of Bohemia and Moravia
(in the years of World War II)
Year City Winner 1940 Rakovník Jan Foltys 1943 Prague František Zíta 1944 Brno Karel Opočenský
Championships of the Czech Republic
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[1] 2011 Pardubice Jiří Štoček[2] 2012 Kouty nad Desnou David Navara 2013 Ledec nad Sazavou David Navara[3] 2014 Ostrava David Navara[4] 2015 Havlíčkův Brod David Navara[5] 2016 Ostrava Vojtech Plat 2017 Ostrava
Multiple winners
The Czech Chess Union and Czech chess press count all Czech and Czechoslovak titles together, with the resulting ranking as follows:
- 7 titles: Luděk Pachman (1946–1966)
- 7 titles: David Navara (2005-2015)
- 6 titles: Vlastimil Hort (1969–1977)
- 5 titles: Ľubomír Ftáčnik (1981–1989)
- 3 titles: Oldřich Duras (1905–1911), Miroslav Filip (1950–1954), Vlastimil Jansa (1964–1984), Karel Opočenský (1927–1938), Jan Smejkal (1973–1986)
Women
Year City Winner 1992 Chrudim Hana Kubíková 1993 Czech Republic Martina Folková 1994 Nymburk Lenka Ptáčníková 1994 Chrudim Hana Kubíková 1995 Olomouc Silvie Saljová 1996 Usti nad Labem Lenka Ptáčníková 1997 Ostrava Gabriela Hitzgerová 1998 Klatovy Gabriela Hitzgerová 1999 Klatovy Silvie Saljová 2001 Trinec Olga Sikorová 2002 Frymburk Olga Sikorová 2003 Luhacovice Kateřina Čedíková 2004 Karlovy Vary Olga Sikorová 2008 Havlickuv Brod Kateřina Němcová 2009 Děčín Kateřina Čedíková[6] 2010 Ostrava Kateřina Němcová 2011 Pardubice Karolína Olšarová[2] 2012 Kouty nad Desnou Tereza Olsarova 2013 Ledec nad Sazavou Martina Marečková 2014 Ostrava Olga Sikorova[4] 2015 Havlickuv Brod Tereza Olsarova[5] 2016 Ostrava Joanna Worek 2017 Ostrava
References
- ↑ "Navara wins Czech Championship with 8.5/9 points". ChessBase. 2010-05-11. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Czech Republic Individual Chess Championships". Chessdom. 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ↑ David Navara vítězem MČR mužů 2013 (Czech) Czech Chess Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2015
- 1 2 "Newsletter 155" (PDF). European Chess Union. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- 1 2 "GM David Navara and WIM Tereza Olsarova are 2015 Czech champions". Chessdom. 2015-05-24. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "Mistrovství České republiky žen 2009" (in Czech). Czech Chess Federation. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
Bibliography
Modr, Břetislav; Veselý, Jiří. 100 let organizovaného šachu v českých zemích. Příbram, 2005. ISBN 80-86595-14-5.
See also
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