The Czech National Chess Championship 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 Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...

(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: *11 titles: David Navara (2004–2022) *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 Jan Smejkal (born March 22, 1946) is a Czech chess player and, since 1972, an International Grandmaster. In the 1970s, he was among the world chess elite. He was champion of Czechoslovakia in 1973, 1979 and 1986 and won many international tourname ...

(1973–1986)

Women

References

Bibliography

Modr, Břetislav; Veselý, Jiří. ''100 let organizovaného šachu v českých zemích''. Příbram, 2005. .