Štěpán Žilka (born 11 November 1988 in
Litovel
Litovel (; ) is a town in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,500 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monum ...
) is a Czech
chess
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grandmaster
He earned his
international master
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title in 2007 and his
grandmaster title in 2014.
He started his career with TJ Tatran Litovel, since 2012 he played for 1. Novoborský ŠK but also played in Austria (Blackburne Nickelsdorf) and in Germany (SF Deizsiau). He has won the Olomuc Chess Summer (C-Group) in 2009 ahead of
Konstantin Chernyshov
Konstantin Valeryevich Chernyshov (, born June 11, 1967) is a Russian chess grandmaster (2000) and a chess coach.
In 2008 he tied for 1st–8th with Vugar Gashimov, David Arutinian, Yuriy Kryvoruchko, Sergey Fedorchuk, Andrei Deviatkin, Vasil ...
and again in 2015 this time in the A1 group .In 2008, 2010–2011, 2013–2014 and 2016–2017 he played with the Czech Team in the
Mitropa Cup
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and won it in 2016.
His peak rating was 2613 in April 2022.
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olimpbase.org
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1988 births
Living people
Chess Grandmasters
Czech chess players
People from Litovel
Chess Olympiad competitors