Jiří Fichtl


Jiří Fichtl, was a Czech chess International Master, Czechoslovak Chess Championship winner, Chess Olympiad individual medalist, European Team Chess Championship team and individual medalist.

Biography

Jiří Fichtl has participated in international chess tournaments since 1943. In the 1950s, he was one of the strongest chess players in Czechoslovakia. Jiří Fichtl nineteen times participated in the final of the Czechoslovak Chess Championships and in 1960 became the winner of this tournament. In 1959, he was awarded the FIDE International Master title.
Jiří Fichtl played for Czechoslovakia in the Chess Olympiads:
Jiří Fichtl played for Czechoslovakia in the European Team Chess Championships: