Listing Format: | Auction |
Current price : | €15,00 |
Starting bid: | €15,00 |
# of bids: | 1 |
Closes: | Auction is closed |
Location: | Czech Republic |
Started: | 2020-11-08 21:03:07 |
Ended: | 2020-11-14 20:40:00 |
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Original photo of Czech International Master Karel Opocensky during a tournament in Zlin 1945.
Karel Opocensky was four-time Czech Champion (1927, 1928, 1938 and 1944) and played four times in the Chess Olympiads. He won individual gold (11,5/13) and team silver medals in Folkestone 1933 and team bronze in Prague 1931. Opocensky was also a chess publicist and is the author or co-author of several chess books. He was also the chief arbiter for the World Chess Championship matches in Moscow 1951 and 1954, in the 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki 1952 and in the famous Candidate Tournament in Zurich 1953.
During his long career he met many chess stars behind the chessboard, such as Alekhine, Capablanca, Euwe, Smyslov, Tarrasch, Schlechter, Rubinstein, Nimzowitsch, Réti, Maroczy, Marshall, Bogoljubow, Janowski, Flohr, Keres, Tartakower, Spielmann, Breyer, Vidmar, Bronstein, Saemisch, Menchik, Junge, Gruenfeld, Fine, Eliskases, Lilienthal, Najdorf, Stahlberg, Pirc, Hort, Filip and others. He is also one of the few Czech chess players who defeated the reigning world champion. He defeated Alekhine in Munich 1941.
Size: 11 x 8,5 cm
Condition - Very Good.
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