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Jaroslav Ježek (chess player)

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Jaroslav Ježek
CountryCzechoslovakia
Czech Republic
Born(1926-03-09)9 March 1926
Died1998 (aged 71–72)
TitleICCF Grandmaster (1985)
ICCF rating2457 (April 2000)
ICCF peak rating2517 (July 1995)

Jaroslav Ježek (9 March 1926 – 1998) was a Czech chess player who held the ICCF title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1985). He was a European Team Chess Championship team medalist (1957).

Biography

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In the 1950s Jaroslav Ježek was one of the leading Czechoslovak chess players. He repeatedly competed in the Czechoslovak Chess Championship finals.

Jaroslav Ježek played for Czechoslovakia in the Chess Olympiad:[1]

Jaroslav Ježek played for Czechoslovakia in the European Team Chess Championship:[2]

  • In 1957, at tenth board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship in Vienna (+1, =3, -1) and won team bronze medal.

In later years, Ježek actively participated in correspondence chess tournaments. In 1956-1959, he participated in 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship and ranked in 10th place.[3] In 1985, Jaroslav Ježek was awarded the International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (GMC) title.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Jaroslav Ježek". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Jaroslav Ježek". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ "2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship (1956)". www.chessgames.com.
  4. ^ "Player Details". www.iccf.com.
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