František Pithart (1915 – 20 October 2003[1]) was a Czech chess player, and a European Team Chess Championship team bronze medal winner (1957).

František Pithart
CountryCzechoslovakia
Czech Republic
Born1915
Died(2003-10-20)October 20, 2003

Biography

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In the 1950s, František Pithart was one of the leading Czech chess players. He participated six times in the Czechoslovak Chess Championship finals and twice (1955, 1965) won the bronze medal.[2] He took part in many international chess tournaments. In 1956, he shared third place in Prague, and in 1973, he took the third place in Třinec.

He represented the national team of Czechoslovakia in the largest team chess tournaments:

References

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  1. ^ "František Pithart – In memoriam - Internet Chess Journal". www.chessjournal.cz.
  2. ^ "ŠSČR » Historie MČR mužů". 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: František Pithart". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: František Pithart". www.olimpbase.org.
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