Czechoslovak Chess Championship

The Czechoslovak National Chess Championship was a chess competition to determine the best Czechoslovak chess player.

History
The first Czechoslovak championships were held in Prague in 1919. After a break caused by World War II, the championships were held until 1992.

Twelve tournaments were organized within international open tournaments;the best Czech or Czechoslovak player then won the title - such tournaments are marked with an asterisk in the following list and the overall ranking of the eventual champion in the tournament is added in brackets.

List of winners

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! Year !! City !! Winner
 * 1919 || Prague || František Schubert
 * 1921 || Brno || Karel Hromádka, Ladislav Prokeš, Karel Treybal
 * 1923 || Pardubice || Max Walter
 * 1925 || Bratislava || Richard Réti
 * 1927 || České Budějovice || Karel Opočenský
 * 1929 || Brno || Karel Opočenský
 * 1931 || Prague || Leo Zobel
 * 1933 || Mnichovo Hradiště || Salo Flohr
 * 1936 || Poděbrady*) || Salo Flohr (1st)
 * 1938 || Prague || Karel Opočenský
 * 1946	||	Ostrava	||	 Luděk Pachman
 * 1948	||	Bratislava	||	 Emil Richter
 * 1950	||	Gottwaldov (now Zlín)	||	 Miroslav Filip
 * 1952	||	Tatranská Lomnica	||	 Miroslav Filip
 * 1953	||	Prague	||	 Luděk Pachman
 * 1954	||	Prague	||	 Miroslav Filip
 * 1955	||	Prague	||	 Ján Šefc
 * 1956	||	Poděbrady	||	 Ladislav Alster
 * 1957	||	Prague	||	 Luděk Pachman
 * 1959	||	Bratislava	||	 Luděk Pachman
 * 1960	||	Ostrava	||	 Jiří Fichtl
 * 1961	||	Košice	||	 Luděk Pachman
 * 1962	||	Jablonec nad Nisou	||	 Lubomír Kaválek
 * 1963	||	Prague	||	 Luděk Pachman
 * 1964	||	Brno	||	 Vlastimil Jansa
 * 1965	||	Pardubice	||	 Josef Augustin
 * 1966	||	Harrachov*)	||	 Luděk Pachman (3rd)
 * 1967	||	Bratislava	||	 Július Kozma
 * 1968	||	Luhačovice	||	 Lubomír Kaválek
 * 1969	||	Luhačovice*)	||	 Vlastimil Hort (3rd)
 * 1970	||	Havířov	||	 Vlastimil Hort
 * 1971	||	Luhačovice*)	||	 Vlastimil Hort (1st)
 * 1972	||	Třinec	||	 Vlastimil Hort
 * 1973	||	Luhačovice*)	||	 Jan Smejkal (1st)
 * 1974	||	Rimavská Sobota	||	 Vlastimil Jansa
 * 1975	||	Brno*)	||	 Vlastimil Hort (1st)
 * 1976	||	Ostrava	||	 Eduard Prandstetter
 * 1977	||	Děčín*)	||	 Vlastimil Hort (3rd)
 * 1978	||	Mariánské Lázně	||	 Eduard Prandstetter
 * 1979	||	Trenčianske Teplice	||	 Jan Smejkal
 * 1980	||	Trnava	||	 Jan Ambrož
 * 1981	||	Hradec Králové*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1982	||	Frenštát pod Radhoštěm	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik
 * 1983	||	Bratislava*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1984	||	Šumperk	||	 Vlastimil Jansa
 * 1985	||	Trenčianske Teplice*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1986	||	Prague	||	 Jan Smejkal
 * 1987	||	Námestovo*)	||	 Eduard Meduna (2nd)
 * 1988	||	Třinec	||	 Pavel Blatný
 * 1989	||	Prague*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1990	||	Brno	||	 Pavel Blatný
 * 1991	||	Bratislava	||	 Igor Gažík
 * 1992	||	Prague	||	 Vítězslav Rašík
 * }
 * 1966	||	Harrachov*)	||	 Luděk Pachman (3rd)
 * 1967	||	Bratislava	||	 Július Kozma
 * 1968	||	Luhačovice	||	 Lubomír Kaválek
 * 1969	||	Luhačovice*)	||	 Vlastimil Hort (3rd)
 * 1970	||	Havířov	||	 Vlastimil Hort
 * 1971	||	Luhačovice*)	||	 Vlastimil Hort (1st)
 * 1972	||	Třinec	||	 Vlastimil Hort
 * 1973	||	Luhačovice*)	||	 Jan Smejkal (1st)
 * 1974	||	Rimavská Sobota	||	 Vlastimil Jansa
 * 1975	||	Brno*)	||	 Vlastimil Hort (1st)
 * 1976	||	Ostrava	||	 Eduard Prandstetter
 * 1977	||	Děčín*)	||	 Vlastimil Hort (3rd)
 * 1978	||	Mariánské Lázně	||	 Eduard Prandstetter
 * 1979	||	Trenčianske Teplice	||	 Jan Smejkal
 * 1980	||	Trnava	||	 Jan Ambrož
 * 1981	||	Hradec Králové*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1982	||	Frenštát pod Radhoštěm	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik
 * 1983	||	Bratislava*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1984	||	Šumperk	||	 Vlastimil Jansa
 * 1985	||	Trenčianske Teplice*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1986	||	Prague	||	 Jan Smejkal
 * 1987	||	Námestovo*)	||	 Eduard Meduna (2nd)
 * 1988	||	Třinec	||	 Pavel Blatný
 * 1989	||	Prague*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1990	||	Brno	||	 Pavel Blatný
 * 1991	||	Bratislava	||	 Igor Gažík
 * 1992	||	Prague	||	 Vítězslav Rašík
 * }
 * 1980	||	Trnava	||	 Jan Ambrož
 * 1981	||	Hradec Králové*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1982	||	Frenštát pod Radhoštěm	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik
 * 1983	||	Bratislava*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1984	||	Šumperk	||	 Vlastimil Jansa
 * 1985	||	Trenčianske Teplice*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1986	||	Prague	||	 Jan Smejkal
 * 1987	||	Námestovo*)	||	 Eduard Meduna (2nd)
 * 1988	||	Třinec	||	 Pavel Blatný
 * 1989	||	Prague*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1990	||	Brno	||	 Pavel Blatný
 * 1991	||	Bratislava	||	 Igor Gažík
 * 1992	||	Prague	||	 Vítězslav Rašík
 * }
 * 1987	||	Námestovo*)	||	 Eduard Meduna (2nd)
 * 1988	||	Třinec	||	 Pavel Blatný
 * 1989	||	Prague*)	||	 Ľubomír Ftáčnik (2nd)
 * 1990	||	Brno	||	 Pavel Blatný
 * 1991	||	Bratislava	||	 Igor Gažík
 * 1992	||	Prague	||	 Vítězslav Rašík
 * }
 * 1991	||	Bratislava	||	 Igor Gažík
 * 1992	||	Prague	||	 Vítězslav Rašík
 * }
 * 1992	||	Prague	||	 Vítězslav Rašík
 * }

During World War II only the Championships of Bohemia and Moravia were held.

Multiple winners

 * 7 titles: Luděk Pachman (1946–1966)
 * 6 titles: Vlastimil Hort (1969–1977)
 * 5 titles: Ľubomír Ftáčnik (1981–1989)
 * 3 titles: Miroslav Filip (1950–1954), Vlastimil Jansa (1964–1984), Karel Opočenský (1927–1938), Jan Smejkal (1973–1986)