Czech Chess Championship
{{Short description|Chess competition}}
The Czech National Chess Championship ({{langx|cs|Mistrovství České republiky v šachu}}) is the chess competition held to determine the best chess player from the Czech Republic.
History
{{See also|Czechoslovak Chess Championship}}
First national championships were held every second year, as the championships of Bohemia (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=
:
| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year !! City !! Winner | ||
| 1905 | Prague | Oldřich Duras |
| 1907 | Brno | František Treybal |
| 1909 | Prague | Oldřich Duras |
| 1911 | Plzeň | Oldřich Duras |
| 1913 | Mladá Boleslav | Karel Hromádka |
=Championships of Bohemia and Moravia=
(in the years of World War II)
:
| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year !! City !! Winner | ||
| 1940 | Rakovník | Jan Foltys |
| 1943 | Prague | František Zíta |
| 1944 | Brno | Karel Opočenský |
=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 (2004–2023)
- 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 (1973–1986)
Women
:
References
Bibliography
Modr, Břetislav; Veselý, Jiří. 100 let organizovaného šachu v českých zemích. Příbram, 2005. {{ISBN|80-86595-14-5}}.
See also
{{Top sport leagues in the Czech Republic}}
{{Chess national championships}}
Category:Chess national championships