Czech Chess Championship

The Czech National Chess Championship is the chess competition, which determines the best Czech Republic chess player.

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. 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.

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 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
2011	Pardubice	Jiří Štoček

Multiple winners

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:

• 7 titles: Luděk Pachman (1946–1966)
• 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), David Navara (2005, 2006, 2010)

Women

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

Bibliography

MODR, Břetislav - VESELÝ, Jiří: 100 let organizovaného šachu v českých zemích. Příbram, 2005. 223 p. ISBN 80-86595-14-05

See also

• Czechoslovak Chess Championship