Amos Pokorný (March 1890 – August 18, 1949) was a Czech legionnaire and

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master. He shared 1st at Pilsen (Plzeň) 1911, tied for 4th–7th at Böhmisch Trübau (Česká Třebová) 1913, and took 8th at Jungbunzlau (Mladá Boleslav) 1913 ( Bohemian Championship, Karel Hromádka won). After

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, he took 2nd, behind Max Walter, at Pardubice (Pardubitz) 1923 (

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), took 11th at Moravská Ostrava (Mährisch Ostrau) 1923 (

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

won), tied for 3rd–5th at Bratislava 1925 (CSR-ch,

Richard Réti Richard Réti (28 May 1889 – 6 June 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian and later Czechoslovak chess player, chess author and composer of endgame studies. He was one of the principal proponents of hypermodernism in chess. With the exception of N ...

won), took 9th at Trenčianske Teplice (Trentschin-Teplitz) 1926 (

Boris Kostić Borislav Kostić (24 February 1887 – 3 November 1963) was a Serbs, Serbian chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster and a popularizer of the game. He was one of the best players in the world during the early part of the 20th century and in 1950 w ...

and

Karl Gilg Karl Gilg (20 January 1901, in Mankovice (Mankendorf), Austrian Silesia – 4 December 1981, in Kolbermoor, Bavaria) was a German chess International Master from Czechoslovakia. Biography Gilg played for Czechoslovakia in several Chess Olympiads. ...

won), took 4th at České Budějovice 1927 (CSR-ch, Karel Opočenský won), took 9th at Trenčianske Teplice 1928 (Kostić won), tied for 3rd–4th at Brno 1929 (CSR-ch, Opočenský won), tied for 3rd–4th at Prague 1933 (''Army'') and shared 1st with

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 ...

at Mnichovo Hradiště (Münchengrätz) 1933 (CSR-ch). Pokorny played for Czechoslovakia in

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: * In the

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at London 1927 (+5 –5 =2); * In the

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at The Hague 1928 (+4 –3 =5); * In the

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at Hamburg 1930 (+6 –5 =3); * In

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at Munich 1936 (+8 –5 =3). During

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, he took 11th at Rakovník 1940 ( Bohemia&Moravia-ch, Jan Foltys won), and tied for 9th-10th at Zlín 1943 (

Čeněk Kottnauer Čeněk Kottnauer (24 February 1910, Prague – 14 February 1996, London) was a Czech British chess master, earning the title of International Master. At the beginning of his career, he tied for 11-12th at Prague 1933 (''Kautsky Memorial'', Ka ...

won).1943

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