Karel Skalička (Spanish: Carlos Skalicka) (1 November 1896, in

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– 30 December 1979, in

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) was a

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master. In 1924, he won a team gold medal for

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(Hromádka, Schulz, Vaněk, Skalička) in the

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in Paris. He took 3rd in group eliminations ( Anatol Tschepurnoff won), and tied for 21-31st in the major tournament ( Karel Hromádka won). The final tournament (Amateur World Championship) was won by

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. In 1923, Skalička won in

. In 1923, he took 6th in Berlin. In 1924, he tied for 1st-2nd with Hromádka in Prague. In 1924, he tied for 4-5th in Prague (1st Kautsky memorial; Jan Schulz won). In 1925, he took 2nd, behind Matisons in

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. In 1925, he tied for 2nd-3rd in Prague (2nd Kautsky memorial). In 1926, he tied for 1st-3rd in Prague (3rd Kautsky memorial). In 1927, he tied for 2nd-4th in Prague (Hromádka won). In 1929, he tied for 6-8th in Prague (

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won). In 1930, he took 6th in Prague (Flohr won). In 1930, he took 2nd, behind Flohr, in Prague. In 1931/32, he tied for 3rd-5th in Prague (8th Kautsky memorial; Emil Richter won). In 1932, he took 2nd in Prague (9th Kautsky memorial; Josef Dobiáš won). In 1934, he took 10th in Prague (11th Kautsky memorial; Karel Opočensky won). In 1935, he took 3rd in Prague (12th Kautsky memorial; Jiří Pelikán won). In 1936, he took 16th in Poděbrady. The event was won by Flohr. Dr. Karel Skalička played for Czechoslovakia (Bohemia&Moravia in 1939) in three

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. * In 1931, at first reserve board in the

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in Prague (+9 –2 =3); * In 1933, at first reserve board in the

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in Folkestone (+3 –2 =0); * In 1939, at fourth board in the

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in Buenos Aires (+3 –4 =1). He won an individual gold medal and a team bronze medal at Prague 1931, and a team silver medal at Folkestone 1933.OlimpBase
/ref> Following the outbreak of the World War II Skalička, along with many other participants of the 8th Olympiad, elected to stay in Argentina. In 1945, Skalička tied for 2nd-5th with René Letelier, Enrique Reinhardt and

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in Quilmes (

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won). In 1945/46, he tied for 1st-2nd with Letelier, followed by

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, Jiří Pelikán, etc., in

(Círculo La Régence).

References

External links

Karel Skalička at 365Chess.comCarlos Skalicka
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