Czechoslovakia–Austria, Prague 1949

Czechoslovakia defeated Austria 14½–5½ in Prague in the countries’ second match of 1949. The home team won both ten-board rounds.

◇A second meeting

This was a separate fixture from the spring contest, which had ended 13–7. In Prague, Czechoslovakia won the rounds 6½–3½ and 8–2.

Luděk Pachman beat Ernst Grünfeld twice on the first board. Jan Foltys and Josef Platt drew both of their games. Miroslav Katětov also won twice, against Karl Galia.

◇A played loss on time

Pachman’s second victory ended after 38.Bxf5 when Grünfeld exceeded the time limit. Hans Kmoch’s contemporary annotation confirms that endpoint; this was a played game, not an unplayed default.

All twenty scores are available. Native round labels and unknown calendar dates are retained.