Czech Chess Championship
The Czech National Chess Championship (Czech: Mistrovství České republiky v šachu) is the chess competition held to determine the best chess player from the Czech Republic.
History
[edit]First national championships were held every second year, as the championships of Bohemia (within the Austro-Hungarian Empire), between 1905 and 1913, before the founding of independent Czechoslovakia. Afterwards, the independent Czech Republic's championships continued the tradition.
- 1905–13 – championships of Bohemia
- 1940–44 – championships of Bohemia and Moravia
- 1993–present – championships of the Czech Republic
List of winners
[edit]Championships of Bohemia
[edit]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
[edit](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
[edit]Multiple winners
[edit]The Czech Chess Union and Czech chess press count all Czech and Czechoslovak titles together, with the resulting ranking as follows:
- 13 titles: David Navara (2004–2024)
- 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)
Women
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Mistrovství České republiky žen 2009" (in Czech). Czech Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ↑ "Navara wins Czech Championship with 8.5/9 points". ChessBase. 2010-05-11. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Czech Republic Individual Chess Championships". Chessdom. 2011-05-11. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ↑ David Navara vítězem MČR mužů 2013 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech) Czech Chess Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2015
- 1 2 3 "Newsletter 155" (PDF). European Chess Union. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- 1 2 3 "GM David Navara and WIM Tereza Olsarova are 2015 Czech champions". Chessdom. 2015-05-24. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ Mistrovství ČR mužů Ústí n.L. 2022
- ↑ Mistrovství ČR žen 2022
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Mistrovství ČR mužů 2023". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Mistrovství ČR žen 2024". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Mistrovství ČR mužů 2024". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Mistrovství ČR žen 2024". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Mistrovství České republiky mužů 2025". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com -Mistrovství České republiky žen 2025". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2025-09-01.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Mistrovství České republiky mužů 2026". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2026-05-17.
- ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com -Mistrovství České republiky žen 2026". chess-results.com. Retrieved 2026-05-17.
- ↑ "Mistrovství České republiky žen 2009" (in Czech). Czech Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
Bibliography
[edit]Modr, Břetislav; Veselý, Jiří. 100 let organizovaného šachu v českých zemích. Příbram, 2005. ISBN 80-86595-14-5.