Cenek Kottnauer | |
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Full name | Čeněk Kottnauer |
Country |
Czechoslovakia United Kingdom |
Born | Prague | 24 February 1910
Died | 14 February 1996 London | (aged 85)
Title | International Master |
Čeněk Kottnauer (24 February 1910, Prague – 14 February 1996, London) was a Czech British chess master, earning the title of International Master.
At the beginning of his career, he tied for 11-12th at Prague 1933 (Kautsky Memorial, Karel Opočenský won), [1] and took 7th at Prague 1939 (pre-Olympic qual, Jiří Pelikán won). [2]
During World War II, he took 6th at Prague 1942 ( Alexander Alekhine and Klaus Junge won), [3] tied for 7-8th at Choceň 1942 ( Miroslav Katětov won), [4] and won at Zlin 1943 (ahead of Jan Foltys). [5] In May 1944, he along with other Czech players ( Luděk Pachman, Podgorny, Prucha, etc.) lost an 8-game training match against Fedor Bogatyrchuk (+0 –7 =1) in Prague.
After the war, he took 13th at Groningen 1946 ( Mikhail Botvinnik won), [6] took 13th at Moscow 1947 (Chigorin Memorial, Botvinnik won), shared 2nd at Vienna 1947 ( Schlechter Memorial, László Szabó won), took 3rd at Beverwijk 1947 ( Theo van Scheltinga won), [7] took 4th at Bad Gastein 1948 ( Erik Lundin won), tied for 8-9th at Beverwijk 1948 ( Lodewijk Prins won), [8] took 9th at Venice 1949 (Szabó won), took 10th at Trenčianske Teplice 1949 ( Gideon Ståhlberg won), tied for 3rd-6th at Vienna 1949 (Schlechter Memorial, Foltys and Stojan Puc won), [9] tied for 9-10th at Szczawno Zdrój (Salzbrunn) 1950 (Przepiórka Memorial, Paul Keres won), [10] took 17th at Amsterdam 1950 ( Miguel Najdorf won), [11] and won at Lucerne 1953. [12]
In 1953, he emigrated to the United Kingdom. He tied for 5-7th at Hastings 1959/60 ( Svetozar Gligorić won), and took 11th at Hastings 1968/69 ( Vasily Smyslov won). [13]
Kottnauer thrice played in Chess Olympiads. He represented Czechoslovakia on the fourth board at Helsinki 1952 (won an individual gold medal, +10 –0 =5), and England on the first board at Tel Aviv 1964 and on the second board at Lugano 1968. [14]
He was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and the International Arbiter title in 1951. [15]