List of Czech chess players
In addition to the historical masters, the list of Czech chess players includes master players who are or were eligible to play for the Czech Chess Federation and who have won the Czech individual championship since the independence of the Czech Republic in 1993 (or the Czechoslovak championship before 1993), or an IM or GM title ( of both sexes), or have achieved an Elo of at least 2400 or are outstanding correspondence chess players.
A.
- Jaroslav Alexa (* 1965), international correspondence chess master
- Jan Ambrož (* 1954), international master, Czechoslovakian master
- Josef Augustin (* 1942), international master, Czechoslovak master
B.
- Milan Babula (* 1950), international master
- Vlastimil Babula (* 1973), grand master, Czech master
- Mariola Babulová , International Correspondence Chess Champion for Women
- Petr Bažant (* 1982), master player
- Marie Bažantová (* 1963), correspondence chess grandmaster for women
- Zdeněk Beil (* 1953), international champion
- Vladimír Bělunek (* 1973), master player
- Sergej Berezjuk (* 1960), international master
- Jan Bernášek (* 1986), grandmaster
- Richard Biolek (* 1970), international master
- Richard Biolek (* 1990), international master
- Martin Blahynka (* 1998), international master
- František Blatný (1933–2015), historical master
- Pavel Blatný (* 1968), Grand Master, Czech Master, Czechoslovakian Master
- Petr Boukal (1947-2016), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Jiří Buček , international correspondence chess master
- Petr Buchníček (* 1974), master player
- Jaroslav Bureš (* 1993), international master
- Jiljí Bureš (1944–2017), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
C.
- Jaromir Canibal (* 1947), international correspondence chess master
- Pavel Čech (* 1974), international champion
- Kateřina Čedíková (* 1981), International Women's Champion, Czech Women's Champion
- Lukáš Černoušek (* 1983), international master
- Martin Červený (* 1983), international master
- Ivana Churová (* 1977), international female champion
- Roman Chytílek (* 1976), international master, correspondence chess grandmaster
- Stanislav Cífka (* 1987), master player
- Tomáš Civín (* 1976), master player
- Václav Čontoš (* 1973), international correspondence chess master
- Robert Cvek (* 1979), grand master
D.
- Libor Daněk (* 1958), correspondence chess grandmaster, European correspondence chess champion
- Pavel David (* 1965), international master
- Ladislav Dobrovolský (* 1950), international champion
- Radoslav Doležal (* 1977), international champion
- Jiří Dufek (* 1974), correspondence chess grandmaster
E.
- Květa Eretová (* 1926), Grand Master of Women
F.
- Jiří Fichtl (1922–2003), international master, Czechoslovak master
- Miroslav Filip (1928–2009), grand master, Czechoslovakian master
- Stanislav Fiřt (* 1962), master player
- Pavel Freisler (* 1963), international master
- Pavel Fric (* 1975), international correspondence chess master
G
- David Gross (* 1975), international master
- Štefan Gross (1949–2012), international master
H
- Petr Hába (* 1965), grand master, Czech master
- Ivan Hausner (* 1952), international master
- Thomas Hinks-Edwards (* 1977), international master
- Vlasta Horáčková , correspondence chess grandmaster for women
- Jiří Houška (* 1979), international correspondence chess master
- Zbyněk Hráček (* 1970), grand master, Czech master
- Vladislav Hýbl (* 1949), international correspondence chess master
J
- Jana Jacková (* 1982), International Master, Grand Master of Women
- Štefan Jandek , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Vlastimil Jansa (* 1942), grand master, Czechoslovakian master
- Olga Jaščenko (* 1974), International Women's Champion
- Stanislav Jasný (* 1978), international master
- Jan Ježek , international correspondence chess master
- Jiří Jirka (* 1983), international master
- Miloš Jirovský (* 1974), grandmaster, Czech champion
- Pavel Jirovský (* 1973), international master
- Petr Jirovský (* 1978), international champion
- Josef Juřek (* 1954), international master
K
- Radek Kalod (* 1978), grandmaster
- Natálie Kaňáková (* 1999), International Women's Champion
- David Kaňovský (* 1986), international champion
- Alexey Kislinsky (* 1984), grandmaster
- Lukáš Klíma (* 1977), international master
- Jiří Kočiščák (* 1993), international champion
- Michal Konopka (* 1966), international master
- Petr Kouba (* 1965), international correspondence chess master
- Epaminondas Kourousis (* 1991), International Master
- Martina Kořenová (* 1975), International Women's Champion
- Tomáš Kraus (* 1995), international master
- Jan Krejčí (* 1992), grand master
- Tadeáš Kriebel (* 1995), international master
- Petra Krupková (* 1976), Grand Master of Women, Czech Master of Women
- Martin Kubala (* 1977), international master
- Alena Kubíková (* 1988), Czech female champion
- Hana Kubíková (* 1962), international correspondence chess champion for women
- Stanislav Kudela (* 1950), international correspondence chess master
- Tomáš Kulhánek (* 1978), international champion
- Eva Kulovaná (* 1987), Grand Master of Women, Czech Master of Women
L.
- Ladislav Langner (* 1969), international champion
- Petr Laurenc , International Correspondence Chess Master
- Viktor Láznička (* 1988), grandmaster, Czech champion
- Jiří Lechtýnský (* 1947), grand master
- Gabriela Lněničková (* 1979), International Women's Champion, Czech Women's Champion
- Radek Londyn (* 1985), master player
- Jan Lounek , correspondence chess grandmaster
M.
- Lubomír Machýček (* 1962), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Petr Makovský , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Karel Malinovský (* 1988), international champion
- Matyáš Marek (* 1999), international master
- Vladislav Markytán , International Correspondence Chess Master
- Jan Mašek (* 1956), international correspondence chess master
- Jana Mašková (* 1964), international women's champion
- Eduard Meduna (* 1950), Grand Master, Czech Master, Czechoslovak Master
- Věra Medunová (* 1965), International Women's Champion
- Jan Michálek (* 1969), international master
- Miroslav Michálek (* 1959), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Peter Michalík (* 1990), grandmaster
- Jozef Michenka (* 1955), international master
- Vigen Mirumian (* 1977), grandmaster
- Ladislav Mišta (* 1943), international master
- Magdaléna Miturová (* 1993), International Women's Champion
- Karel Mokrý (* 1959), grand master, Czech master
- Jiří Moučka (* 1951), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Sergej Movsesjan (* 1978), grandmaster, Czech champion
- Eva Možná (* 1949), correspondence chess grandmaster for women
- Miloš Možný (* 1954), international champion
- Josef Mrkvička (* 1950), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
N
- David Navara (* 1985), grandmaster, Czech champion
- Lubomír Neckář (* 1950), international master
- Vlastimil Neděla (* 1972), international champion
- Kateřina Němcová (* 1990), Grand Master of Women, Czech Champion of Women
- Petr Neuman (* 1978), grandmaster
- Nguyễn Thái Dai Van (* 2001), Grand Master
- Kristýna Novosadová (* 1990), international female champion
- Jiří Nun (* 1957), international master
- Josef Nun (1933–2019), international master
- Zdeněk Nvýlt , correspondence chess grandmaster
O
- Karolína Olšarová (* 1993), international female champion
- Tomáš Oral (* 1977), grandmaster
- Milan Orság (* 1964), international champion
- Silvie Orságová (* 1975), International Women's Champion, Czech Women's Champion
P
- Luděk Pachman (1924–2003), grand master, Czechoslovakian master
- Milan Pastirčák (* 1961), international champion
- Aleš Pekárek (* 1961), international master
- Soňa Pertlová (1988–2011), international female champion
- Martin Petr (* 1988), grandmaster
- Kristýna Petrová (* 1992), International Women's Champion
- Petr Pisk (* 1974), international champion
- Vojtěch Plát (* 1994), grandmaster
- Tomáš Polák (* 1974), grandmaster, Czech champion
- Jaroslav Polášek (* 1957), international master
- Petr Poloch (* 1953), international master
- Cyril Ponížil (* 1991), international master
- Miloslav Popelka , international correspondence chess master
- Ludvik Pospíšil (* 1934), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Eduard Prandstetter (* 1948), international master, Czechoslovakian master
- Vítězslav Priehoda (* 1960), international champion
- Josef Přibyl (* 1947), international master
- Martin Přibyl (* 1974), international champion
- Luboš Přívozník (* 1957), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Lenka Ptáčníková (* 1976), Grand Master of Women, Czech Champion of Women
- Jakub Půlpán (* 1998), international champion
R.
- Vítězslav Rašík (* 1973), grand master, Czechoslovakian master
- Igor Rausis (* 1961), grandmaster, international correspondence chess master
- Nataša Richterová (* 1996), International Women's Champion
- Eliška Richtrová (* 1959), Grand Master of Women
- Tereza Rodshtein (* 1991), Grand Master of Women, Czech Champion of Women
- Vojtěch Rojíček (* 1990), international champion
- Milan Rybák (* 1953), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Jiří Rydl (* 1998), master player
- Anna Rývová (* 1970), correspondence chess grandmaster for women
S.
- Petr Schuster (* 1942), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Jan Sikora-Lerch (* 1942), international master
- Olga Sikorová (* 1975), Grand Master of Women, Czech Master of Women
- Alena Sikorová-Klosová , correspondence chess grandmaster for women
- Pavel Šimáček (* 1979), grandmaster
- Radek Sluka (* 1976), international master
- František Šmalcl , international correspondence chess master
- Jan Smejkal (* 1946), grand master, Czechoslovakian master
- Milan Smistik (* 1981), master player
- František Sochor , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Petra Sochorová (* 1978), international female champion
- Jan Sodoma (* 1983), international master
- Daniel Šorm (* 1960), master player
- Jan Sosna (* 1960), international master
- Jiří Soudný (* 1964), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Petr Špaček (* 1954), international master
- Oleg Spirin (* 1983), international master
- Kamil Stalmach (* 1964), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Jiří Štoček (* 1977), grandmaster
- Zdeněk Straka (* 1958), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Ladislav Stratil (* 1968), international master
- Tomáš Studnička (* 1985), international master
- Jan Šuráň (* 1977), international champion
- Pavel Sváček (* 1955), correspondence chess grandmaster
- František Svoboda (* 1936), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Svatopluk Svoboda (* 1984), international champion, Czech champion
- Václav Svoboda (* 1992), master player
- Josef Sýkora (* 1946), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Jakub Szotkowski (* 1997), international master
T
- Vladimír Talla (* 1973), grandmaster
- Čeněk Teichmann (* 1946), Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Vladimír Tichý (1946–2016), international master
- Michal Tocháček (* 1962), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Jindřich Trapl (1942–2010), International Master, Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
- Vasil Tričkov (* 1969), international champion
- Jan Turner (* 1973), master player
U
- Jaromír Urban , Honored International Master in Correspondence Chess
V
- Jaroslav Vaindl (* 1950), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Jana Valinová , correspondence chess grandmaster for women
- Pavel Vávra (* 1976), international master
- Petr Velička (* 1967), grand master
- Serguei Vesselovsky (* 1952), international master
- Marek Vokáč (* 1958), grand master, Czech master
- Leon Vološin (* 1964), grandmaster
- Jiří Vošahlík (* 1962), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Jan Votava (* 1974), Grand Master
- Pavel Votruba (* 1948), international master
- Jindřich Vožda (* 1937), international correspondence chess master
- František Vrána (* 1960), master player
- David Vrkoč (* 1959), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Jan Vykouk (* 2000), international master
- Neklan Vyskočil (* 1972), international master
W.
- Milan Walek (* 1969), master player
- Joanna Worek (* 1986), Grand Master of Women
Z
- Olena Žemličková (* 1985), International Women's Champion
- Jan Židů (* 1970), correspondence chess grandmaster
- Štěpán Žilka (* 1988), grandmaster
- Pavel Zpěvák (* 1958), international master
- Kateřina Zpěváková (* 1961), correspondence chess grandmaster for women
- Milan Žůrek (* 1966), international champion
- Petr Zvára (* 1975), international master
- Vojtěch Zwardoň (* 1990), international champion
Web links
Commons : Czech chess players - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Czech top 100 men and women (Elo list, active and inactive)
- Czech top 100 women (Elo list, active and inactive)
- Overview of Czech single masters at the Czech Chess Federation (Czech)
- Overview of Czech female champions at the Czech Chess Federation (Czech)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sergej Berezjuk played for the Soviet Chess Federation until 1992 and for the Belarusian Chess Federation from 1992 to 1997.
- ↑ Thomas Hinks-Edwards played for the English Chess Federation until 2011.
- ↑ Olga Jaščenko played for the Belarusian Chess Federation until 1997 and for the Russian Chess Federation from 1998 to 2014.
- ↑ Alexey Kislinksy played for the Ukrainian Chess Federation until 2011.
- ↑ Michal Konopka played for the Slovak Chess Federation from 1993 to 1994.
- ↑ Epaminondas Kourousis played for the Greek Chess Federation until 2014.
- ↑ Gabriela Lněničková was previously called Hitzgerová.
- ↑ Věra Medunová played for the German Chess Federation from 1994 to 2000
- ↑ Peter Michalík played for the Slovak Chess Federation until 2016.
- ↑ Vigen Mirumian played for the Armenian Chess Federation until 2000.
- ↑ Karel Mokrý played in 1993 for the Slovak Chess Federation.
- ↑ Sergej Movsesjan played for the Czech Chess Federation from 1997 to 2002. Before that he played for the Georgian Chess Federation until 1995 and for the Armenian Chess Federation in 1996, later from 2002 to 2010 for the Slovak Chess Federation and since 2010 for the Armenian Chess Federation.
- ↑ Kateřina Němcová has been playing for the US Chess Federation since 2013.
- ↑ Silvie Orságová used to be called Šaljová.
- ↑ Luděk Pachman played from 1975 to 1991 and from 1999 for the German Chess Federation
- ↑ Vítězslav Priehoda played for the Slovak Chess Federation until 2006.
- ↑ Lenka Ptáčníková has been playing for the Icelandic Chess Federation since 2004.
- ↑ Igor Rausis played for the Soviet Chess Federation until 1991, for the Latvian Chess Federation from 1992 to 2003 and for the Bangladeshi Chess Federation from 2003 to 2007.
- ↑ Tereza Rodshtein was called Olšarová until 2015.
- ↑ Petr Schuster plays in correspondence chess as Peter Schuster for the German Chess Federation
- ↑ Daniel Sorm played for the Austrian Chess Federation from 1986 to 1995. From 1998 he played for the Monegasque Chess Federation and switched back to the Czech Chess Federation in 2001 at the earliest, 2007 at the latest.
- ↑ Oleg Spirin played for the Russian Chess Federation until 2012.
- ↑ Svatopluk Svoboda played for the Slovak Chess Federation until 2008.
- ↑ Vasil Tričkov played for the Bulgarian Chess Federation until 1997.
- ↑ Serguei Vesselovsky played for the Soviet Chess Federation until 1992 and for the Russian Chess Federation from 1992 to 1999.
- ↑ Leon Vološin played for the Soviet Chess Federation until 1992 and for the Russian Chess Federation from 1992 to 1997.
- ↑ Joanna Worek played for the Polish Chess Federation until 2016.
- ↑ Olena Žemličková played for the Ukrainian Chess Federation until 2018.