Štěpán Žilka

Štěpán Žilka at the Mitropapokal 2019
Association	Czech Republic
Born	November 11, 1988 Litovel
title	International Master (2007) Grand Master (2014)
Current  Elo rating	2564 (September 2020)
Best Elo rating	2564 (July 2020)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Runner-up, Mitropa Cup 2019

Štěpán Žilka (born November 11, 1988 in Litovel ) is a Czech chess grandmaster .

chess

Žilka was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 2007, he achieved the required standards in April 2007 at the Radegast Cup in Frýdek-Místek , in July 2007 at Tespo Engineering in Brno and in August 2007 at a tournament in Mladá Boleslav . In 2014 he was appointed grandmaster, Žilka fulfilled the required standards in August 2011 at a grandmaster tournament in Olomouc and in the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons of the East relay of the 2nd Austrian Bundesliga .

successes

In 2009 he won the Olomuc Chess Summer (C-Tournament) and left Konstantin Tschernyschow behind, among others .

National team

In 2008, 2010–2011, 2013–2014 and 2016–2017, he took part in the Mitropa Cup with the Czech team , won it in 2016 and received a gold medal on the fourth board in 2017. In 2019 he and his team were runner-up at the Mitropapokal in Radenci .

societies

In the Czech extra league, Žilka played for TJ Tatran Litovel in the 2002/03, 2007/08, 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons, for A64 Valoz Grygov in the 2006/07 season, and for BŠŠ Frýdek in the 2008/09 season. Místek; since 2012 he has been playing for the 1st Novoborský ŠK, with whom he became Czech team champion in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 and 2018 . In the Slovakian Extra League, Žilka played for ŠK Zentiva Hlohovec in the 2007/08 season, and has played for ŠK Prakovce since 2018 . In the German Bundesliga he played for SF Deizisau in the 2017/18 season , in the Austrian Bundesliga in the 2016/17 season for Blackburne Nickelsdorf and in the Polish Ekstraliga 2020 for Wieża Pęgów .

Web links

Commons : Štěpán Žilka  - collection of images

• Replayable chess games by Štěpán Žilka on chessgames.com (English)
• Proof of birthplace

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Title Applications 1st quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2008, December 21-22, 2007, Singapore International Master (IM) Zilka, Stepan. In: FIDE. Retrieved June 16, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Title Applications 3rd quarter Presidential Board Meeting August 2014 Grandmaster (GM) Zilka, Stepan. In: FIDE. Retrieved June 16, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Štěpán Žilka on OlimpBase (English)