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{{Short description|Chess competition}}
The '''Czech National Chess Championship''' ({{langx|cs|Mistrovství České republiky v šachu}}) is the [[chess]] competition held to determine the best chess player from the [[Czech Republic]].

==History==
{{See also|Czechoslovak Chess Championship}}
First national championships were held every second year, as the championships of [[Bohemia]] (within the Austro-Hungarian Empire), between 1905 and 1913, before the founding of independent [[Czechoslovakia]]. Afterwards, the independent Czech Republic's championships continued the tradition.

* 1905–13 – championships of Bohemia
* 1940–44 – championships of Bohemia and Moravia
* 1993–present – championships of the Czech Republic

==List of winners==

=== Championships of Bohemia===
:{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year !! City !! Winner
|-
| 1905 || [[Prague]] || [[Oldřich Duras]]
|-
| 1907 || [[Brno]] || [[František Treybal]]
|-
| 1909 || [[Prague]] || [[Oldřich Duras]]
|-
| 1911 || [[Plzeň]] || [[Oldřich Duras]]
|-
| 1913 || [[Mladá Boleslav]] || [[Karel Hromádka]]
|}

===Championships of Bohemia and Moravia===
(in the years of [[World War II]])

:{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year !! City !! Winner
|-
| 1940 || [[Rakovník]] || [[Jan Foltys]]
|-
| 1943 || [[Prague]] || [[František Zíta]]
|-
| 1944 || [[Brno]] || [[Karel Opočensky|Karel Opočenský]]
|}

===Championships of the Czech Republic===
:{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year !! City !! Winner
!City
!Woman Champion
|-
| 1993 || [[Luhačovice]]         || [[Vlastimil Babula]]
|[[Tišnov]]
|[[Petra Krupková]]
|-
| 1994 || [[Ústí nad Labem]]     || [[Zbyněk Hráček]]
|[[Nymburk]]
|[[Lenka Ptáčníková]]
|-
| 1995 || [[Olomouc]]            || [[Karel Mokrý]]
|[[Olomouc]]
|[[Silvie Šaljová]]
|-
| 1996 || [[Turnov]]             || [[Petr Hába]]
|[[Ústí nad Labem]]
|[[Lenka Ptáčníková]]
|-
| 1997 || [[Zlín]]               || [[Pavel Blatný]]
|[[Ostrava]]
|[[Gabriela Hitzgerová]]
|-
| 1998 || [[Zlín]]               || [[Sergei Movsesian]]
|[[Klatovy]]
|[[Gabriela Hitzgerová]]
|-
| 1999 || [[Lázně Bohdaneč]]     || [[Marek Vokáč]]
|[[Klatovy]]
|[[Silvie Šaljová]]
|-
| 2000 || [[Opava]]              || [[Pavel Blatný]]
|
|
|-
| 2001 || [[Kunžak]]             || [[Eduard Meduna]]
|[[Třinec]]
|[[Olga Sikorová]]
|-
| 2002 || [[Ostrava]]            || [[Petr Hába]]
|[[Frymburk (Český Krumlov District)|Frymburk]]
|[[Olga Sikorová]]
|-
| 2003 || [[Luhačovice]]         || [[Miloš Jirovský]]
|[[Luhačovice]]
|[[Kateřina Čedíková]]
|-
| 2004 || [[Karlovy Vary]]       || [[David Navara]]
|[[Karlovy Vary]]
|[[Olga Sikorová]]
|-
| 2005 || [[Karlovy Vary]]       || [[David Navara]]
|
|
|-
| 2006 || [[Brno]]               || [[Viktor Láznička]]
|
|
|-
| 2007 || [[Prague]]             || [[Tomáš Polák]]
|
|
|-
| 2008 || [[Havlíčkův Brod]]     || [[Vlastimil Babula]]
|[[Havlíčkův Brod]]
|[[Kateřina Němcová]]
|-
| 2009 || [[Děčín]]              || [[Pavel Šimáček]]
|[[Děčín]]
|[[Kateřina Čedíková]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chess.cz/www/souteze/mcr-zeny/_2009/vysledky_finalove_casti.html |title=Mistrovství České republiky žen 2009 |publisher=Czech Chess Federation |accessdate=2015-05-18 |language=Czech |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002643/http://www.chess.cz/www/souteze/mcr-zeny/_2009/vysledky_finalove_casti.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2010 || [[Ostrava]]            || [[David Navara]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Navara wins Czech Championship with 8.5/9 points|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/navara-wins-czech-championship-with-8-5-9-points|publisher=ChessBase|accessdate=14 October 2015|date=2010-05-11}}</ref>
|[[Ostrava]]
|[[Kateřina Němcová]]
|-
| 2011 || [[Pardubice]]          || [[Jiří Štoček]]<ref name="chessdom2011">{{cite web |url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2011/czech-chess-championships |title=Czech Republic Individual Chess Championships |publisher=Chessdom |date=2011-05-11 |accessdate=2015-05-18 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231740/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2011/czech-chess-championships |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|[[Pardubice]]
|[[Karolína Olšarová]]<ref name="chessdom2011" />
|-
| 2012 || [[Kouty nad Desnou]]   ||  [[David Navara]]
|[[Kouty nad Desnou]]
|[[Tereza Olšarová]]
|-
| 2013 ||  [[Ledec nad Sazavou]] ||  [[David Navara]]<ref>[http://www.chess.cz/www/aktuality/aktuality-ze-sezony-2012-2013/aktuality-z-domova/david-navara-vitezem-mcr-muzu-2013.html David Navara vítězem MČR mužů 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103249/http://www.chess.cz/www/aktuality/aktuality-ze-sezony-2012-2013/aktuality-z-domova/david-navara-vitezem-mcr-muzu-2013.html |date=2015-09-24 }} {{in lang|cs}} Czech Chess Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2015</ref>
|[[Ledec nad Sazavou]]
|[[Martina Marečková]]
|-
| 2014 || [[Ostrava]]            ||  [[David Navara]]<ref name="ecu">{{cite web |url=http://www.europechess.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ECU-NEWSLETTER-155.pdf |title=Newsletter 155 |publisher=[[European Chess Union]] |date=2014-05-07 |accessdate=2015-05-18}}</ref>
|[[Ostrava]]
|[[Olga Sikorová]]<ref name="ecu" />
|-
| 2015 || [[Havlíčkův Brod]] || [[David Navara]]<ref name=chessdom>{{cite web|title=GM David Navara and WIM Tereza Olsarova are 2015 Czech champions|url=http://www.chessdom.com/gm-david-navara-and-wim-tereza-olsarova-are-2015-czech-champions/|publisher=Chessdom|accessdate=14 October 2015|date=2015-05-24}}</ref>
|[[Havlíčkův Brod|Havličkův Brod]]
|[[Tereza Olšarová]]<ref name=chessdom/>
|-
| 2016 || [[Ostrava]] || [[Vojtěch Plát]]
|[[Ostrava]] 
|[[Joanna Worek]]
|-
| 2017 || [[Ostrava]] || [[David Navara]]
|[[Ostrava]] 
|[[Kristýna Havlíková]] 
|-
| 2018 || [[Ostrava]] || [[Svatopluk Svoboda (chess player)|Svatopluk Svoboda]]
|[[České Budějovice]] 
|[[Olga Sikorová]]
|-
| 2019 || [[Ostrava]] || [[David Navara]]
|[[Prague]]
|[[Karolína Olšarová]]
|-
|2020
|[[Prague]]
|[[David Navara]]{{cn|date=May 2023}}
|[[Frýdek-Místek|Frydek Mistek]]
|[[Kristýna Petrová]] 
|-
|2021
|[[Zlín]]
|[[Vojtěch Plát]]{{cn|date=May 2023}}
|
|
|-
|2022
|[[Ústí nad Labem]]
|[[David Navara]]<ref>[http://chess-results.com/tnr627516.aspx?lan=11&art=4&turdet=YES Mistrovství ČR mužů Ústí n.L. 2022]</ref>
|[[Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou]]
|[[Nataša Richterová]]<ref>[http://chess-results.com/tnr634544.aspx?lan=11&art=4&turdet=YES Mistrovství ČR žen 2022]</ref> 
|-
|2023
|[[Bystřice nad Pernštejnem]]
|[[David Navara]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Mistrovství ČR mužů 2023 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr759389.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=chess-results.com}}</ref>
|
|}

==Multiple winners==
The Czech Chess Union and Czech chess press count all Czech and Czechoslovak titles together, with the resulting ranking as follows:

*12 titles: [[David Navara]] (2004–2023)
*7 titles: [[Luděk Pachman]] (1946–1966)
*6 titles: [[Vlastimil Hort]] (1969–1977)
*5 titles: [[Ľubomír Ftáčnik]] (1981–1989)
*3 titles: [[Oldřich Duras]] (1905–1911), [[Miroslav Filip]] (1950–1954), [[Vlastimil Jansa]] (1964–1984), [[Karel Opočenský]] (1927–1938), [[Jan Smejkal]] (1973–1986)

==Women==
:{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year !! City !! Winner
|-
| 1993 ||[[Tišnov]]||[[Petra Krupková]]
|-
| 1994 || [[Nymburk]]            || [[Lenka Ptáčníková]]
|-
| 1994 || [[Chrudim]]            || [[Hana Kubíková]]
|-
| 1995 || [[Olomouc]]            ||[[Silvie Šaljová]]
|-
| 1996 ||[[Ústí nad Labem]]||[[Lenka Ptáčníková]]
|-
| 1997 || [[Ostrava]]            || [[Gabriela Hitzgerová]]
|-
| 1998 || [[Klatovy]]            || [[Gabriela Hitzgerová]]
|-
| 1999 || [[Klatovy]]            ||[[Silvie Šaljová]]
|-
| 2001 ||[[Třinec]]||[[Olga Sikorová]]
|-
| 2002 || [[Frymburk (Český Krumlov District)|Frymburk]]          || [[Olga Sikorová]]
|-
| 2003 ||[[Luhačovice]]||[[Kateřina Čedíková]]
|-
| 2004 || [[Karlovy Vary]]       || [[Olga Sikorová]]
|-
| 2008 ||[[Havlíčkův Brod]]||[[Kateřina Němcová]]
|-
| 2009 || [[Děčín]]              || [[Kateřina Čedíková]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chess.cz/www/souteze/mcr-zeny/_2009/vysledky_finalove_casti.html |title=Mistrovství České republiky žen 2009 |publisher=Czech Chess Federation |accessdate=2015-05-18 |language=Czech |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002643/http://www.chess.cz/www/souteze/mcr-zeny/_2009/vysledky_finalove_casti.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2010 || [[Ostrava]]            || [[Kateřina Němcová]]
|-
| 2011 || [[Pardubice]]          || [[Karolína Olšarová]]<ref name="chessdom2011" />
|-
| 2012 || [[Kouty nad Desnou]]   ||[[Tereza Olšarová]]
|-
| 2013 ||  [[Ledec nad Sazavou]] || [[Martina Marečková]]
|-
| 2014 || [[Ostrava]]            ||[[Olga Sikorová]]<ref name="ecu" />
|-
| 2015 ||[[Havlíčkův Brod|Havličkův Brod]]||[[Tereza Olšarová]]<ref name=chessdom/>
|-
| 2016 || [[Ostrava]]            || [[Joanna Worek]]
|-
| 2017 || [[Ostrava]]            || [[Kristýna Havlíková]] 
|-
| 2018 || [[České Budějovice]]   ||[[Olga Sikorová]]
|-
| 2019 || [[Prague]]    || [[Karolína Olšarová]]
|}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
Modr, Břetislav; Veselý, Jiří. ''100 let organizovaného šachu v českých zemích''. Příbram, 2005. {{ISBN|80-86595-14-5}}.

==See also==
*[[Czechoslovak Chess Championship]]

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{{Chess national championships}}

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