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Jiří Pelikán (other)
Jiří Pelikán may refer to: *Jiří Pelikán (chess player), Czech-Argentine chess master *Jiří Pelikán (politician), Czech journalist and politician *Jiří Pelikán (tennis), Czech tennis player {{hndis, Pelikan, Jiri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jiří Pelikán (chess Player)
Jiří (Jorge) Pelikán ( Častolovice, 23 April 1906 – Chacabuco, July 1984) was a Czech-Argentine chess master. In 1935, Jiří Pelikán tied for 2nd-4th in Luhačovice ( Karel Opočenský won) then won in Prague (12th Kautsky memorial). In 1936, he tied for 7-8th in Poděbrady (Salo Flohr won). In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in Novi Sad (Vasja Pirc won). In 1936, he won in Prague (13th Kautsky memorial). In 1937, he took 5th in Bad Elster ( Ludwig Rellstab and Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1937, he took 8th in Prague as Paul Keres won. He played for Czechoslovakia (known as the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia in 1939) in three Chess Olympiads: at olimpbase.org * In 1935, first reserve board at the 6th Olympiad in |
Jiří Pelikán (politician)
Jiří Pelikán (7 February 1923 – 26 June 1999) was a Czechs, Czech journalist and politician. Born in Olomouc, he was a member of the National Assembly (Communist Czechoslovakia), National Assembly in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and later a member of the European Parliament for the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). In 1939, Pelikán joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) in exile and took part in the Resistance in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Czech resistance to Nazi Germany occupation during World War II. From 1953 to 1963, he assumed leading functions in the KSČ-led International Union of Students. Until 1968, he was the director of the Czechoslovak Television and a member of the parliament from 1964 to 1969. Pelikán fully supported the Prague Spring and organized the first live debate in common with the Austrian television ORF (broadcaster), ORF. When the troops of the Warsaw Pact entered Prague on 20 August 1968, he organized the resistance a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
