Karel Vaněk (19 May 1895 – 24 February 1958), was a

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player, unofficial Chess Olympiad team gold medal winner (1924).

Biography

In the first half of the 1920s Karel Vaněk was one of Czechoslovakia's leading chess players. He has lived in

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and participated in team tournaments with the local chess club. In 1923, in

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Karel Vaněk won a bronze medal in

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. In 1924, in

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Karel Vaněk represented the Czechoslovakia team in

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, where he won a gold medal in team competition.

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chess games at 365chess.com 1895 births 1958 deaths Czechoslovak chess players Czech chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Czech-bio-stub