- Amos Pokorný
Amos Pokorný (born March 1890 – died August 18, 1949) was a Czech chess master.
He shared 1st at Pilsen (Plzeň) 1911, tied for 4-7th at Böhmisch Trübau (Česká Třebová) 1913, and took 8th at Jungbunzlau (Mladá Boleslav) 1913 (Bohemian Championship,
Karel Hromádka won).After
World War I , he took 2nd, behind Max Walter, at Pardubice (Pardubitz) 1923 (Czechoslovak Chess Championship ), took 11th at Moravská Ostrava (Mährisch Ostrau) 1923 (Emanuel Lasker won), tied for 3rd-5th at Bratislava 1925 (CSR-ch,Richard Réti won), took 9th at Trenčianske Teplice (Trentschin-Teplitz) 1926 (Boris Kostić andKarl Gilg won), took 4th at České Budějovice 1927 (CSR-ch,Karel Opočenský won), took 9th at Trenčianske Teplice 1928 (Kostić won), tied for 3rd-4th at Brno 1929 (CSR-ch, Opočenský won), [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01] tied for 3rd-4th at Prague 1933 ("Army") and shared 1st withSalo Flohr at Mnichovo Hradiště (Münchengrätz) 1933 (CSR-ch). [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables4.htm NED-ch08 The Hague/Leiden 1933 ] ]Pokorny played for Czechoslovakia in
Chess Olympiads :
* In the1st Chess Olympiad at London 1927 (+5 –5 =2);
* In the2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928 (+4 –3 =5);
* In the3rd Chess Olympiad at Hamburg 1930 (+6 –5 =3);
* In3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 (+8 –5 =3). [ [http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]During
World War II , he took 11th at Rakovnik 1940 (Bohemia&Moravia-ch,Jan Foltys won), [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables11.htm Bad Elster 1940 ] ] and tied for 9-10 th at Zlín 1943 (Čeněk Kottnauer won). [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables%2014.htm 1943 ] ]References
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