Notable Games
- 1962.09.29 Hort, Vlastimil vsByrne, Robert Eugene 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation 18 moves Olympiad-15 Final A The Varna Olympiad of 1962, at eighteen, against Robert Byrne of the United States. A Sämisch King's Indian attacked at once: 10.h4, 11.h5 Nxh5 12.g4, then 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qh6+, and Black resigns after 18.Kd2.
- 1967 Hort, Vlastimil vsMinic, Dragoljub 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Benoni Defense, Advance Variation 28 moves Zonal Halle The Halle Zonal of 1967 against Dragoljub Minić. 19.Rxd6 and 20.Rxg6 break open the king, 22.Rxg7+ gives back the exchange to drive it out, and after 28.Ng6 White threatens two different mates.
- 1967 Hort, Vlastimil vsZheliandinov, Viktor 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Gligoric Variation 12 moves Havana Armies-ch04 The Armed Forces championship, Havana 1967, against Viktor Zheliandinov. An Exchange Ruy Lopez with the queens off at move 8; 12.e5 attacks the bishop on d6, and Black resigned after twelve moves.
- 1970.03.29 Hort, Vlastimil vsPolugaevsky, Lev 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation 66 moves Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5 The USSR versus the Rest of the World match of 1970, on fourth board, where Hort finished a point ahead of Lev Polugaevsky without a loss. This is the win: an Alapin Sicilian ground out over 66 moves in a knight-against-bishop ending.
- 1971.12.15 Hort, Vlastimil vsKorchnoi, Viktor Lvovich 1-0 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense 40 moves Alekhine Memorial-02 The Alekhine Memorial, Moscow 1971, against Viktor Korchnoi. 23.Qe6+ and 24.Nxd5 win a pawn, 27.Qxc8 takes the queens off, and the bishop outplays the knight.
- 1972.10.11 Hug, Werner vsHort, Vlastimil 0-1 Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation 27 moves Olympiad-20 Final A The Skopje Olympiad of 1972 with Black against Werner Hug, the reigning World Junior Champion. A Queen's Indian in which 24...Bxh4 25.gxh4 Rf3 and 26...Rg3+ tear open the white king.
- 1973.02.19 Hort, Vlastimil vsCiocaltea, Victor 1-0 Benoni Defense 44 moves Budapest Centenarium Budapest 1973 against Victor Ciocaltea. A Benoni decided on the b-file: 25.b4 opens it, the queens come off at move 29, and the c-pawn runs to c6.
- 1973.08.12 Hort, Vlastimil vsBronstein, David Ionovich 1-0 Slav Defense: Alapin Variation 43 moves Interzonal-09b The 1973 Interzonal against David Bronstein. 16.Nxg6 and 17.Bxd5+ open the position, and the b-pawn runs from b4 to b8: 41.b8=Q.
- 1973.11.30 Hort, Vlastimil vsPortisch, Lajos 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line 32 moves Madrid International Madrid 1973 against Lajos Portisch. 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qg4+ starts a long series of queen checks, and the rook sacrifice 30.Rg4+ fxg4 31.Qg5+ Kh8 32.Qh6 ends it.
- 1977.03 Hort, Vlastimil vsSpassky, Boris Vasilievich 1-0 Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Normal Variation 34 moves Candidates qf Spassky-Hort +2-1=13 The 1977 Candidates quarter-final with Boris Spassky, which Spassky won by one point, +2−1=13. This is Hort's win: an Exchange Ruy Lopez with the queens off at move 14, in which 29.Nxa5 and 30.Rxb4 take the queenside pawns.
- 1979.11.10 Hort, Vlastimil vsSmyslov, Vasily V 1-0 Slav Defense: Alapin Variation 41 moves Interpolis-03 Tilburg 1979 against Vasily Smyslov, the former World Champion. 24.Rxg7 Nxg7 25.Rxg7 Qxg7 26.Bxg7+ gives up both rooks for queen, knight and pawn, and the b-pawn decides.
- 1981.05 Hort, Vlastimil vsKarpov, Anatoly 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense 26 moves IBM-21 Herinnerungs Toernooi The IBM tournament, Amsterdam 1981, against Anatoly Karpov, the reigning World Champion, in 26 moves. 18.Nxd5, 19.Qf5 and 20.Bxd5 hit f7, and 23.Qxf7+ and 26.Bxd7 finish it.
- 1982.01.23 Hort, Vlastimil vsChandler, Murray G 1-0 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation 25 moves Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee 1982 against Murray Chandler. A Caro-Kann with opposite-side castling: 19.g4 and 20.g5, then 23.Rxe4 and 25.h6.