Jaroslav Ježek (chess player)

Jaroslav Ježek (9 March 1926 – 1998), was a Czech International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1985), European Team Chess Championship team medalist (1957).

Jaroslav Ježek
CountryCzechoslovakia
Czech Republic
Born(1926-03-09)9 March 1926
Died1998
TitleInternational Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1985)

Biography

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, Jaroslav Ježek active 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
  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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