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Czech Chess Championship

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The Czech National Chess Championship is the chess competition that is held to determine the best chess player from the Czech Republic.

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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.

  • 1905–13 – championships of Bohemia
  • 1940–44 – championships of Bohemia and Moravia
  • 1993–present – championships of the Czech Republic

    • Championships of Bohemia and Moravia

    (in the years of World War II)

    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)

    • References

    Czech Chess Championship Wikipedia
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