Jaroslav Ježek (chess player)

Jaroslav Ježek (9 March 1926 – 1998) was a Czech chess player who held the ICCF title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1985). He was a European Team Chess Championship team medalist (1957).

Jaroslav Ježek
Country	Czechoslovakia Czech Republic
Born	(1926-03-09)9 March 1926
Died	1998 (aged 71–72)
Title	ICCF Grandmaster (1985)
ICCF rating	2457 (April 2000)
ICCF peak rating	2517 (July 1995)

Biography

In the 1950s Jaroslav Ježek was one of the leading Czechoslovak chess players. He repeatedly competed in the Czechoslovak Chess Championship finals.

Jaroslav Ježek played for Czechoslovakia in the Chess Olympiad:^[1]

• In 1956, at second reserve board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3, =6, -2).

Jaroslav Ježek played for Czechoslovakia in the European Team Chess Championship:^[2]

• In 1957, at tenth board in the 1st European Team Chess Championship in Vienna (+1, =3, -1) and won team bronze medal.

In later years, Ježek actively participated in correspondence chess tournaments. In 1956-1959, he participated in 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship and ranked in 10th place.^[3] In 1985, Jaroslav Ježek was awarded the International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (GMC) title.^[4]