Jiří (Jorge) Pelikán ( Častolovice, 23 April 1906 –

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, JulyJiri Pelikán, el maestro bohemio
/ref> 1984) was a Czech-Argentine

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

master. In 1935, Jiří Pelikán tied for 2nd-4th in

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( Karel Opočenský won) then won in

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(12th Kautsky memorial). In 1936, he tied for 7-8th in

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(

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 ...

won). In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in

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(

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won). In 1936, he won in Prague (13th Kautsky memorial). In 1937, he took 5th in

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( Ludwig Rellstab and

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won). In 1937, he took 8th in Prague as

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won. He played for

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(known as the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia in 1939) in three

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s:Team chess record
at olimpbase.org * In 1935, first reserve board at the 6th Olympiad in

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(+7 –1 =7); * In 1937, fourth board at the 7th Olympiad in

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(+3 –4 =3); * In 1939, third board at the 8th Olympiad in

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(+8 –2 =5). He won the individual silver medal at Warsaw 1935 for his 70% score. Following the outbreak of World War II, Pelikán, along with many other participants of the 8th Olympiad (

Miguel Najdorf Miguel Najdorf ( ; born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf; 15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish-Argentine chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there. He was a leadin ...

, Erich Eliskases et al.) decided to stay permanently in Argentina. In 1942, Pelikán tied for 6-7th in

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(

won). In 1943, he tied for 3rd-6th in Mar del Plata (

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won). In 1944, he tied for 7-8th in Mar del Plata (

Hermann Pilnik Hermann Pilnik (8 January 1914, Stuttgart, Germany – 12 November 1981, Caracas, Venezuela) was a German Argentines, German-born Argentine chess Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster. Career In 1929, he won the championship of Stuttgart. Pilnik emi ...

and Najdorf won). In 1945/46, he took 4th, behind René Letelier, Carlos Skalicka, and

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, in Buenos Aires (Círculo La Régence). In 1955, he tied for 8-9th in Buenos Aires ( ARG-ch; Najdorf won). In 1956, he took 9th in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch; Raúl Sanguineti won). In 1956, he won, ahead of Behrensen, in Buenos Aires (Alekhine memorial). In 1957, he tied for 3rd-4th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Sanguineti won). In 1957, he took 3rd in San Nicolás (Eliskases won). In 1958, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires (Sanguineti won). In 1958, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires ( Alfredo Espósito won). In 1960, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Najdorf won). In 1961, he tied for 10-11th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1965, Pelikán won in

. In 1965, he tied for 4-5th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Sanguineti won). In 1966, he took 2nd in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Miguel Quinteros won). In 1966, he tied for 11-13th in Rio Hondo (6th South-American zonal). The event was won by Henrique Mecking, Julio Bolbochán,

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and Alberto Foguelman. In 1967, he tied for 9-10th in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch; Najdorf won). In 1968, he took 2nd, behind Najdorf, in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch, sf). In 1968, he tied for 8-9th in Buenos Aires (Sanguineti won). In 1970, he tied for 1st-2nd with Héctor Rossetto in Miramar. In 1972, he won in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch, prefinal). In 1972, he tied for 10-11th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Rossetto won). In 1957 he was the first Argentine Correspondence Chess champion. The Lasker–Pelikan Variation of the

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( ECO code B33) is named after him and German Grandmaster

Emanuel Lasker Emanuel Lasker (; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher. He was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially ...

. He was awarded the

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(IM) title in 1965.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelican, Jiri 1906 births 1984 deaths Czech chess players Argentine chess players Chess International Masters Argentine people of Czech descent Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players Czechoslovak emigrants to Argentina People from Rychnov nad Kněžnou District