The Czech National Chess Championship () is the

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competition held to determine the best chess player from the

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History

First national championships were held every second year, as the championships of

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(within the Austro-Hungarian Empire), between 1905 and 1913, before the founding of independent

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. 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

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) :

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 David Navara (born 27 March 1985) is a Czech chess grandmaster, the highest-ranked of his country. Awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002, he is a 13-time national champion (in 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 202 ...

(2004–2023) *7 titles:

Luděk Pachman Luděk Pachman (German: Ludek Pachmann, May 11, 1924 – March 6, 2003) was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime i ...

(1946–1966) *6 titles:

Vlastimil Hort Vlastimil Hort (12 January 1944 – 12 May 2025) was a Czech and German chess grandmaster. During the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the world's strongest players and reached the World Chess Championship 1978, 1977–78 Candidates Tournament for ...

(1969–1977) *5 titles:

Ľubomír Ftáčnik Ľubomír Ftáčnik (born October 30, 1957, in Bratislava) is a Slovak chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster and a former European Junior Chess Championship, European Junior Champion. Chess career He became European Junior Chess Championship, ...

(1981–1989) *3 titles:

Oldřich Duras Oldřich Duras (born Důras; 30 October 1882 – 5 January 1957) was a Czech chess master. He was among the leading chess masters of the early 20th century. Biography Duras was born on 30 October 1882 in Pchery, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He cam ...

(1905–1911),

Miroslav Filip Miroslav Filip (27 October 1928 – 27 April 2009) was a Czech chess grandmaster. Filip was awarded the title of International Master in 1953, and the Grandmaster title in 1955. Filip represented Czechoslovakia in 12 consecutive Chess Olympiad ...

(1950–1954),

Vlastimil Jansa Vlastimil Jansa (born 27 November 1942) is a Czech chess player. He was awarded the titles of International Master, in 1965, and Grandmaster, in 1974, by FIDE. Life and career Jansa was born on 27 November 1942 in Prague. He learned chess whil ...

(1964–1984), Karel Opočenský (1927–1938), Jan Smejkal (1973–1986)

Women

References

Bibliography

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