Ján Šefc

Ján Šefc (10 December 1924 – 17 May 2014), was a Slovak chess player, Czechoslovak Chess Championship winner (1955), European Team Chess Championship team medalist (1957).

Ján Šefc
CountryCzechoslovakia
Slovakia
Born(1924-12-10)10 December 1924
Died17 May 2014(2014-05-17) (aged 89)

Biography

Ján Šefc grew up in Košice, but after the occupation of the city of Hungary in 1938, his parents moved to Prešov. In 1949, after the death of his father Ján Šefc began to work in Bratislava, where he studied medicine. In 1953 Ján Šefc became a professional chess trainer. He was repeated participant of Czechoslovak Chess Championship, where in 1954 Ján Šefc won bronze, and in 1955 in Prague became the winner.[1] In 1956, he ranked 6th in Wilhelm Steinitz memorial in Mariánské Lázně.

Ján Šefc played for Czechoslovakia in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

Ján Šefc played for Czechoslovakia in the European Team Chess Championship:[3]

  • In 1957, at sixth board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship in Vienna (+0, =2, -3) and won team bronze medal.

Among Ján Šefc chess students were grandmasters Ľubomír Ftáčnik and Igor Štohl, and an international master Róbert Tibenský. He was a member of the chess club Slovan from Bratislava.

References
  1. "ŠSČR » Historie MČR mužů". 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012.
  2. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ján Šefc". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Ján Šefc". www.olimpbase.org.
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