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

Multiple winners

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

Year	City	Winner
1993	Tišnov	Petra Krupková
1994	Nymburk	Lenka Ptáčníková
1994	Chrudim	Hana Kubíková
1995	Olomouc	Silvie Šaljová
1996	Ústí nad Labem	Lenka Ptáčníková
1997	Ostrava	Gabriela Hitzgerová
1998	Klatovy	Gabriela Hitzgerová
1999	Klatovy	Silvie Šaljová
2001	Třinec	Olga Sikorová
2002	Frymburk	Olga Sikorová
2003	Luhačovice	Kateřina Čedíková
2004	Karlovy Vary	Olga Sikorová
2008	Havlíčkův Brod	Kateřina Němcová
2009	Děčín	Kateřina Čedíková
2010	Ostrava	Kateřina Němcová
2011	Pardubice	Karolína Olšarová
2012	Kouty nad Desnou	Tereza Olšarová
2013	Ledec nad Sazavou	Martina Marečková
2014	Ostrava	Olga Sikorová
2015	Havličkův Brod	Tereza Olšarová
2016	Ostrava	Joanna Worek
2017	Ostrava	Kristýna Havlíková
2018	České Budějovice	Olga Sikorová
2019	Prague	Karolína Olšarová

References

Bibliography

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

See also

• Czechoslovak Chess Championship