Tournament

Czechoslovak Championship 1959 (Bratislava)

1959 · Bratislava
Luděk Pachman won the Czechoslovak Championship with 12½/17 (+9−1=7), one point ahead of Vlastimil Hort, Maximilian Ujtelky and František Blatný.
Incomplete record·152 of 153 games archived

Incomplete record. This archive holds 152 of the 153 games played; 1 is missing. The score of round 10, Vilém Olexa–Jiří Podgorný (1–0), is missing; contemporary reports confirm it was played. This archive preserves 152 of the event’s 153 games.

The surviving record

The archive holds 152 of the 153 games played. The absent score is Olexa–Podgorný in round ten: a contemporary report describes their adjourned position, and a later report confirms Olexa’s win. The final table retains that result.

Final standings

12½/17
Luděk Pachman won the Czechoslovak Championship with 12½/17 (+9−1=7), one point ahead of Vlastimil Hort, Maximilian Ujtelky and František Blatný.

The standings below are the historical final result. Only 152 of the 153 games played survive in our source; the remaining 1 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.

# Player Score Record Games
1 Pachman, Ludek 12½/17 +9−1=7
2 Hort, Vlastimil 11½/17 +7−1=9
3 Ujtelky, Maximilian 11½/17 +7−1=9
4 Blatny, Frantisek 11½/17 +8−2=7
5 Fichtl, Jiri 10½/17 +7−3=7
6 Alster, Ladislav 10½/17 +7−3=7
7 Kozma, Julius 10/17 +4−1=12
8 Kupka, Slavoj 9½/17 +7−5=5
9 Fabian, Jan 9/17 +5−4=8
10 Brach, Julius Jr 8/17 +6−7=4
11 Ratolistka, Josef 7½/17 +3−5=9
12 Ivanco, Imrich 7½/17 +5−7=5
13 Podgorny, Jiri 7/17 +5−8=4
14 Jares, Josef 6½/17 +2−6=9
15 Hofman, Vilem 6/17 +3−8=6
16 Opocensky, Karel 5½/17 +1−7=9
17 Augustin, Josef 5½/17 +3−9=5
18 Olexa, Vilem 3/17 +2−13=2

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112131415161718
1 Pachman, Ludek ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
2 Hort, Vlastimil ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
3 Ujtelky, Maximilian 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
4 Blatny, Frantisek ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
5 Fichtl, Jiri ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1
6 Alster, Ladislav ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
7 Kozma, Julius ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
8 Kupka, Slavoj 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1
9 Fabian, Jan 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
10 Brach, Julius Jr 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
11 Ratolistka, Josef ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1
12 Ivanco, Imrich 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1
13 Podgorny, Jiri 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ·
14 Jares, Josef ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1
15 Hofman, Vilem 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½
16 Opocensky, Karel 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½
17 Augustin, Josef 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1
18 Olexa, Vilem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 · 0 ½ ½ 0

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).