Luhačovice Olympic Selection 1935
Karel Opočenský won the Luhačovice selection trial with 5/7. The contemporary report names him, Josef Rejfíř and Jorge Pelikán as qualifiers for the Czechoslovak Olympic team alongside Flohr and Dr. Treybal.
The trial and its qualifiers
The signed Heinrich Wolf report prints the complete final table: Opočenský 5; Pelikán, Rejfíř and Fazekas 4 each; Foltys, Olexa and Zinner 3 each; Roháček 2. The three four-point finishers and three three-point finishers are tied on points; printed row order does not establish a tie-break.
The report names three qualifiers despite Fazekas sharing second-place points. It does not describe a playoff or the selection rule. The later Warsaw Olympiad is a separate team event. Earlier announcements concerned a planned June international tournament with a different proposed field; they do not establish another played stage of this trial.
All pairings preserved
The original table has seven ordinary results per player and no marked default, withdrawal or annulment. Each of its 28 pairings is represented by a legal approved archive score. The physical-play total therefore rests on published results corroborated by surviving scores.
The surviving records give July 1935 without exact days or round numbers. Seven records contain a damaged encoding of Vilém Olexa’s name. His name follows the contemporary field and the Czech federation historian’s later account; the preserved moves and partial dates remain unchanged.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opocensky, Karel | 5/7 | +4 -1 =2 | games |
| =2 | Pelikan, Jorge | 4/7 | +4 -3 =0 | games |
| =2 | Rejfir, Josef | 4/7 | +3 -2 =2 | games |
| =2 | Fazekas, Stefan | 4/7 | +3 -2 =2 | games |
| =5 | Foltys, Jan | 3/7 | +2 -3 =2 | games |
| =5 | Olexa, Vilém | 3/7 | +2 -3 =2 | games |
| =5 | Zinner, Emil | 3/7 | +2 -3 =2 | games |
| 8 | Rohacek, Ivan Vladimir | 2/7 | +2 -5 =0 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opocensky, Karel | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | |
| 2 | Pelikan, Jorge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Rejfir, Josef | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | Fazekas, Stefan | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Foltys, Jan | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Olexa, Vilém | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Zinner, Emil | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Rohacek, Ivan Vladimir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.