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

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

Championships of Bohemia

Championships of Bohemia and Moravia

(in the years of World War II)

Championships of the Czech Republic

Multiple winners

The Czech Chess Union and Czech chess press count all Czech and Czechoslovak titles together, with the resulting ranking as follows:

12 titles: David Navara (2004–2023)
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

References

^ "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.
^ a b c "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
^ a b c "Newsletter 155" (PDF). European Chess Union. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
^ a b c "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.
^ "Mistrovství České republiky žen 2009" (in Czech). Czech Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-18.

Bibliography

Modr, Břetislav; Veselý, Jiří. 100 let organizovaného šachu v českých zemích. Příbram, 2005. ISBN 80-86595-14-5.