The Slovak Chess Championship is the chess competition, which determines the best slovak chess player.
Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The game is played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is believed to be derived from the Indian game chaturanga sometime before the 7th century. Chaturanga is also the likely ancestor of the Eastern strategy games xiangqi, janggi, and shogi. Chess reached Europe by the 9th century, due to the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. The pieces assumed their current powers in Spain in the late 15th century; the modern rules were standardized in the 19th century.
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi) and is mostly mountainous. The population is over 5.4 million and consists mostly of Slovaks. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, and the second-largest city is Košice. The official language is Slovak.
The Czechoslovak National Chess Championship was the chess competition, which has determined the best Czechoslovak chess player.
# | Year | City | Winner |
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01 | 1955 | Starý Smokovec | Ján Šefc |
02 | 1975 | Hlohovec | Ján Plachetka |
03 | 1977 | Detva | Ľubomír Ftáčnik |
04 | 1978 | Prešov | Jozef Franzen |
05 | 1979 | Dolný Kubín | Ľubomír Ftáčnik |
06 | 1981 | Bardejov | Ladislav Dobrovolský |
07 | 1983 | Nová Baňa | Róbert Tibenský |
08 | 1984 | Čadca | Igor Štohl |
09 | 1985 | Piešťany | Ján Baňas |
10 | 1986 | Bratislava | Igor Gažík |
11 | 1987 | Šaľa | Róbert Tibenský |
12 | 1988 | Trnava | Peter Petrán |
13 | 1989 | Michalovce | Martin Mrva |
14 | 1991 | Trenčín | Ivan Novák |
# | Year | City | Winner |
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01 | 1993 | Topoľčianky | Ján Plachetka |
02 | 1994 | Topoľčianky | Róbert Tibenský |
03 | 1995 | Trenčín | Róbert Tibenský |
04 | 1996 | Martin | Róbert Tibenský |
05 | 1997 | Prešov | Ladislav Salai |
06 | 1998 | Prievidza | Tomáš Balogh |
07 | 1999 | Nové Zámky | Ján Baňas |
08 | 2000 | Zvolen | Ján Markoš |
09 | 2001 | Prešov | Vítězslav Priehoda [1] |
10 | 2002 | Galanta - Kaskády | Sergei Movsesian [2] |
11 | 2003 | Tatranské Zruby | Mikuláš Maník [3] |
12 | 2004 | Zemplínska Šírava | Eduard Hagara [4] |
13 | 2005 | Trenčianske Teplice | Tomáš Petrík [5] |
14 | 2006 | Banská Štiavnica | Tomáš Petrík [6] |
15 | 2007 | Banská Štiavnica | Sergei Movsesian [7] |
16 | 2008 | Zvolen | Peter Vavrák [8] |
17 | 2009 | Tatranské Zruby | Martin Mrva [9] |
18 | 2010 | Banská Štiavnica | Marián Jurčík [10] [11] |
19 | 2011 | Banská Štiavnica | Ján Markoš [12] |
20 | 2012 | Banská Štiavnica | Ján Markoš [13] |
21 | 2013 | Banská Štiavnica | Peter Michalik [14] [15] |
22 | 2014 | Prievidza | Peter Michalik |
23 | 2015 | Banská Štiavnica | Peter Michalik |
24 | 2016 | Banská Štiavnica | Milan Pacher [16] |
25 | 2017 | Banská Štiavnica | Christopher Repka |
26 | 2018 | Banská Štiavnica | Christopher Repka |
# | Year | City | Winner |
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01 | 1991 | Trencin | Ivana Sedlakova |
02 | 1993 | Topoľčianky | Jarmila Kačincová |
03 | 1994 | Martin | Andrea Ciganikova |
04 | 1996 | Ziar nad Hronom | Mirjana Medic |
11 | 2003 | Tatranské Zruby | Eva Repková |
16 | 2008 | Zvolen | Mária Machalová [17] |
17 | 2009 | Tatranské Zruby | Regina Pokorná [9] |
18 | 2010 | Banská Štiavnica | Eva Repková [10] [11] |
19 | 2011 | Banská Štiavnica | Julia Kochetkova [12] |
20 | 2012 | Banská Štiavnica | Julia Kochetkova [13] [18] |
21 | 2013 | Banská Štiavnica | Eva Repková [14] [15] |
22 | 2014 | Zuzana Borošová | |
23 | 2015 | Monika Motyčáková |
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