Jiří (Jorge) Pelikán ( Častolovice, 23 April 1906 –

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, JulyJiri Pelikán, el maestro bohemio
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master. In 1935, Jiří Pelikán tied for 2nd-4th in

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Karel Opočenský Karel Opočenský (7 February 1892 – 16 November 1975) was a Czechoslovak chess master. Chess career Opočenský was four-time Czech Champion (1927, 1928, 1938, and 1944). In 1919, he took 2nd, behind František Schubert, in Prague ( Czechoslo ...

won) then won in

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(12th Kautsky memorial). In 1936, he tied for 7-8th in

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Salo Flohr Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. He was among the first recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Flohr dominated many tournam ...

won). In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in

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Vasja Pirc Vasja Pirc () (December 19, 1907 – June 2, 1980) was a Slovenian chess player. He is best known in competitive chess circles as a strong exponent of the hypermodern defense now generally known as the Pirc Defense. Pirc was champion of Yugosl ...

won). In 1936, he won in Prague (13th Kautsky memorial). In 1937, he took 5th in

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and

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won). In 1937, he took 8th in Prague as

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won. He played for

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

(known as the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia in 1939) in three

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s:Team chess record
at olimpbase.org * In 1935, first reserve board at the 6th Olympiad in

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(+7 –1 =7); * In 1937, fourth board at the 7th Olympiad in

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(+3 –4 =3); * In 1939, third board at the 8th Olympiad in

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(+8 –2 =5). He won the individual silver medal at Warsaw 1935 for his 70% score. Following the outbreak of World War II, Pelikán, along with many other participants of the 8th Olympiad (

Miguel Najdorf Miguel Najdorf (born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish–Argentinian chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there. He was a ...

Erich Eliskases Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (15 February 1913 – 2 February 1997) was a chess player who represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition. In the late 1930s he was considered a potential contender for the World Championship. ...

et al.) decided to stay permanently in Argentina. In 1942, Pelikán tied for 6-7th in

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won). In 1943, he tied for 3rd-6th in Mar del Plata (

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won). In 1944, he tied for 7-8th in Mar del Plata (

Hermann Pilnik Hermann Pilnik (8 January 1914, Stuttgart, Germany – 12 November 1981, Caracas, Venezuela) was a German Argentine chess Grandmaster. Career In 1929, he won the championship of Stuttgart. Pilnik emigrated from Germany to Argentina in 1930. ...

and Najdorf won). In 1945/46, he took 4th, behind

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, Carlos Skalicka, and

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, in Buenos Aires (Círculo La Régence). In 1955, he tied for 8-9th in Buenos Aires ( ARG-ch; Najdorf won). In 1956, he took 9th in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch;

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won). In 1956, he won, ahead of Behrensen, in Buenos Aires (Alekhine memorial). In 1957, he tied for 3rd-4th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Sanguineti won). In 1957, he took 3rd in San Nicolás (Eliskases won). In 1958, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires (Sanguineti won). In 1958, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires ( Alfredo Espósito won). In 1960, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Najdorf won). In 1961, he tied for 10-11th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1965, Pelikán won in

. In 1965, he tied for 4-5th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Sanguineti won). In 1966, he took 2nd in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch;

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won). In 1966, he tied for 11-13th in Rio Hondo (6th South-American zonal). The event was won by

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Julio Bolbochán Julio Bolbochán (Buenos Aires, 20 March 1920 – Caracas, 28 June 1996) was the Argentine chess champion in 1946 and 1948. He learned the game from his older brother, Jacobo Bolbochán, later an International Master. He represented Argenti ...

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and Alberto Foguelman. In 1967, he tied for 9-10th in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch; Najdorf won). In 1968, he took 2nd, behind Najdorf, in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch, sf). In 1968, he tied for 8-9th in Buenos Aires (Sanguineti won). In 1970, he tied for 1st-2nd with

Héctor Rossetto Héctor Decio Rossetto (8 September 1922 in Bahía Blanca, Argentina – 23 January 2009 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentinian chess player. He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960. He was a five-ti ...

in Miramar. In 1972, he won in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch, prefinal). In 1972, he tied for 10-11th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Rossetto won). In 1957 he was the first Argentine Correspondence Chess champion. The Lasker–Pelikan Variation of the

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( ECO code B33) is named after him and German Grandmaster

Emanuel Lasker Emanuel Lasker (; December 24, 1868 – January 11, 1941) was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognised World Chess Champ ...

. He was awarded the

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(IM) title in 1965.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelican, Jiri 1906 births 1984 deaths Czech chess players Argentine chess players Chess International Masters Argentine people of Czech descent Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players Czechoslovak emigrants to Argentina People from Rychnov nad Kněžnou District