František Pithart

Czech chess player

František Pithart
Country	Czechoslovakia Czech Republic
Born	1915
Died	(2003-10-20)October 20, 2003

František Pithart (1915 – 20 October 2003^[1]) was a Czech chess player, and a European Team Chess Championship team bronze medal winner (1957).

Biography

In the 1950s, František Pithart was one of the leading Czech chess players. He participated six times in the Czechoslovak Chess Championship finals and twice (1955, 1965) won the bronze medal.^[2] He took part in many international chess tournaments. In 1956, he shared third place in Prague, and in 1973, he took the third place in Třinec.

He represented the national team of Czechoslovakia in the largest team chess tournaments:

in Chess Olympiad participated in 1952;^[3]
in European Team Chess Championship participated in 1957 and won a bronze medal in the team event.^[4]

References

^ "František Pithart – In memoriam - Internet Chess Journal". www.chessjournal.cz.
^ "ŠSČR » Historie MČR mužů". 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16.
^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: František Pithart". www.olimpbase.org.
^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: František Pithart". www.olimpbase.org.