Czech Chess Championship

The Czech National Chess Championship is the chess competition that is held to determine the best chess player from the Czech Republic.

History

First national championships were held before founding of independent Czechoslovakia as the championships of Bohemia (within the Austro-Hungarian Empire) every second year between 1905 and 1913. Then the independent Czech Republic's championships continued the line.

• 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

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)

Year	City	Winner
1940	Rakovník	Jan Foltys
1943	Prague	František Zíta
1944	Brno	Karel Opočenský

Championships of the Czech Republic

Year	City	Winner
1993	Luhačovice	Vlastimil Babula
1994	Ústí nad Labem	Zbyněk Hráček
1995	Olomouc	Karel Mokrý
1996	Turnov	Petr Hába
1997	Zlín	Pavel Blatný
1998	Zlín	Sergei Movsesian
1999	Lázně Bohdaneč	Marek Vokáč
2000	Opava	Pavel Blatný
2001	Kunžak	Eduard Meduna
2002	Ostrava	Petr Hába
2003	Luhačovice	Miloš Jirovský
2004	Karlovy Vary	David Navara
2005	Karlovy Vary	David Navara
2006	Brno	Viktor Láznička
2007	Prague	Tomáš Polák
2008	Havlíčkův Brod	Vlastimil Babula
2009	Děčín	Pavel Šimáček
2010	Ostrava	David Navara
2011	Pardubice	Jiří Štoček
2012	Kouty nad Desnou	David Navara
2013	Ledec nad Sazavou	David Navara
2014	Ostrava	David Navara
2015	Havlíčkův Brod	David Navara

Multiple winners

The Czech Chess Union and Czech chess press count all Czech and Czechoslovak titles together, with the resulting ranking as follows:

• 7 titles: Luděk Pachman (1946-1966)
• 7 titles: David Navara (2005-2015)
• 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

Year	City	Winner
1992	Chrudim	Hana Kubíková
1993	Czech Republic	Martina Folková
1994	Nymburk	Lenka Ptáčníková
1994	Chrudim	Hana Kubíková
1995	Olomouc	Silvie Saljová
1996	Usti nad Labem	Lenka Ptáčníková
1997	Ostrava	Gabriela Hitzgerová
1998	Klatovy	Gabriela Hitzgerová
1999	Klatovy	Silvie Saljová
2001	Trinec	Olga Sikorová
2002	Frymburk	Olga Sikorová
2003	Luhacovice	Kateřina Čedíková
2004	Karlovy Vary	Olga Sikorová
2008	Havlickuv Brod	Kateřina Němcová
2009	Děčín	Kateřina Čedíková
2010	Ostrava	Kateřina Němcová
2011	Pardubice	Karolína Olšarová
2012	Kouty nad Desnou	Tereza Olsarova
2013	Ledec nad Sazavou	Martina Marečková
2014	Ostrava	Olga Sikorova
2015	Havlickuv Brod	Tereza Olsarova