František Treybal (24 December 1882 – 5 October 1947 in

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) was a

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chess master. In 1907 he won the 2nd Czech Chess Championship in Brno. In 1907 he also won in

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, and tied for 5–6th in

(

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won). In 1908, he took 20th in Prague (Duras and

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won). In 1909, he took 4th in Prague (Duras won). In 1910, he tied for 1st–2nd with

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in Prague. 1913, he won in Berlin and took 2nd, behind

Karel Hromádka Karel Hromádka (23 April 1887 in Großweikersdorf, Austria – 16 July 1956) was a Czech chess player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 (jointly). Hromádka played in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad, Paris 1924, and scored 6.5/ ...

, in the 5th Czech Championship in Jungbunzlau (Mladá Boleslav). After

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he played in several tournaments in Prague. In 1921, he tied for 1st–2nd with Hromádka. In 1924, he tied for 4–5th ( Jan Schulz won). In 1927, he tied for 5–8th (Hromádka won). In 1929, he took 2nd, behind

Salo Flohr Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. He was among the first recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Flohr dominated many tournam ...

. He was an elder brother of Karel Treybal.

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