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
{ | class="sortable wikitable" ! 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 |}
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)
Bibliography
MODR, Břetislav - VESELÝ, Jiří: 100 let organizovaného šachu v českých zemích. Příbram, 2005. 223 p.