František Zíta (29 November 1909 – 1 October 1977) was a Czech chess master who was born and died in Prague. [1] [2]
Zíta played for Czechoslovakia in Chess Olympiads:
He won the individual silver medal at Buenos Aires 1939. [3]
During World War II, he tied for 4th= in Bohemia and Moravia Championship at Rakovnik 1940 ( Jan Foltys won), [4] shared 4th at Chocen 1942 ( Miroslav Katětov won), tied for 4th= at Prague 1942 (Duras Jubileé, Alexander Alekhine and Klaus Junge won), [5] won at Prague 1943 (B&M-ch), tied for 4th= at Zlín 1943 ( Čeněk Kottnauer won). [6]
After the war, he shared 11th at Prague 1946 (Treybal Memorial, Miguel Najdorf won), [7] shared 1st in Czechoslovak Chess Championship at Bratislava 1948 but lost a play-off match for the title to Emil Richter, took 17th at Karlovy Vary 1948 (Foltys won), [8] took 16th at Szczawno Zdrój 1950 ( Paul Keres won), [9] took 3rd at Prague 1953 (CSR-ch, Luděk Pachman won), shared 13th at Mariánské Lázně / Prague 1956 ( Miroslav Filip won), [10] took 10th at Sofia 1957 (zonal, Filip won). [11] Zita played in the 1957 European Team Championship [12] where the Czech team won the bronze medal. [13]
Zíta was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950. [1]
František Zíta (29 November 1909 – 1 October 1977) was a Czech chess master who was born and died in Prague. [1] [2]
Zíta played for Czechoslovakia in Chess Olympiads:
He won the individual silver medal at Buenos Aires 1939. [3]
During World War II, he tied for 4th= in Bohemia and Moravia Championship at Rakovnik 1940 ( Jan Foltys won), [4] shared 4th at Chocen 1942 ( Miroslav Katětov won), tied for 4th= at Prague 1942 (Duras Jubileé, Alexander Alekhine and Klaus Junge won), [5] won at Prague 1943 (B&M-ch), tied for 4th= at Zlín 1943 ( Čeněk Kottnauer won). [6]
After the war, he shared 11th at Prague 1946 (Treybal Memorial, Miguel Najdorf won), [7] shared 1st in Czechoslovak Chess Championship at Bratislava 1948 but lost a play-off match for the title to Emil Richter, took 17th at Karlovy Vary 1948 (Foltys won), [8] took 16th at Szczawno Zdrój 1950 ( Paul Keres won), [9] took 3rd at Prague 1953 (CSR-ch, Luděk Pachman won), shared 13th at Mariánské Lázně / Prague 1956 ( Miroslav Filip won), [10] took 10th at Sofia 1957 (zonal, Filip won). [11] Zita played in the 1957 European Team Championship [12] where the Czech team won the bronze medal. [13]
Zíta was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950. [1]