VlastimilJansa
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VlastimilJansa(bornNovember27,1942inPrague)isa chessgrandmasterfromtheCzechRepublic(formerly Czechoslovakia). Helearnedchesswhileinhospitalattheageofeightand atfourteen,becametheyouthchampionofPrague.In 1959,hefinishedsecondintheCzechoslovaknational juniorchampionship.Academically,hequalifiedinsports sciencesfromtheCharlesUniversityinPrague,before becomingaprofessionalsoldierandreachingtherankof captain.Aspartofhischesseducation,hestudiedunder thetutelageofIMEmilRichter(18941971). Adeepandoriginalthinker,Jansahasbeenoneofthe CzechRepublic'sleadingplayersformanyyears, collectingexperienceacrossarangeofchessactivities. RepresentinghiscountryattheChessOlympiadsona numberofoccasions,hewonateamsilvermedalin1982. Hehasalsobeenacoachandawriterofbooksand theoreticalarticles. Intermsofhisfinereputationasatrainer,hedevelopeda testinthe1970sfromwhichthetalentofyoungplayers couldbemeasured.Ofhisstudents,theCzechRepublic's strongestplayer(asofJanuary2008),DavidNavarais probablythebestknown.Jansahasalsobeenthenational coachofLuxembourg.
VlastimilJansa
Full name
VlastimilJansa
Country CzechRepublic Born Title FIDE rating November27,1942 Prague,Czechoslovakia Grandmaster 2449(http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml? event=300128)(November2013)
AlongwithIMJosefPribyl,heisknownasoneofthe 2540(July1975) Peak creatorsofanopeningsystemknownasthe'CzechPirc'. rating Theopening,distinguishedbyanearlyc6,offersthe playeroftheblackpiecestheopportunityforgreater flexibility,inorderthatanappropriateplancanbeformulated,oncewhite'sstrategyisrevealed. Ininternationaltournaments,hehasbeenmanytimesawinner,takingoutrightorsharedfirstprizeatCerveny Kostelec1959,Prague1968,MadonnadiCampiglio1973,Amsterdam1974,VrnjackaBanja1981,Trnava 1982,Borgarnes1985,Gausdal1987(andtwicein1988),Badenweiler1990,Munster1992andLazne Bohdanec1997.HewasarunnerupatZinnowitzin1964. AloyalservantoftheCzechoslovakChessChampionship,hewasthenationalchampionin1964,1974and 1984.Indeed,priortothesplittingintoCzechRepublicandSlovakiain1993,hefinishedinthetopthreeon nofewerthanfourteenoccasions.Postmillennium,heremainsactivelyengagedinplayingchessandfinished secondatthe2006WorldSeniorChessChampionshipinArvier.
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VlastimilJansawasawardedtheInternationalMastertitlein1965andbecameaGrandmasterin1974.
Partialbibliography
DynamicsofChessStrategyJansa(Batsford,2003) HowToPlayThePircANewSystemForBlackJansa&Pribyl(MnsterInternational,1988) TheBestMoveHort&Jansa(Pitman,1980)
References
Hooper,DavidandWhyld,Kenneth(1984).TheOxfordCompaniontoChess.OxfordUniversity. ISBN0192175408. Golombek,Harry,ed.(1981).ThePenguinEncyclopaediaofChess.PenguinBooks.ISBN978014 0464528 GermanWikipedia. Jansa'srecordonOlimpbase(http://www.olimpbase.org/players/6qckkacg.html)
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