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Quite a few Czech stalwarts have passed on recently haven't they.

This one never got the GM title but was still a tournament regular in the 1970s and 80s.

Another one who our own Jim Plaskett played?

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 16, 2026 8:20 pm

Quite a few Czech stalwarts have passed on recently haven't they.

This one never got the GM title butt was still a tournament regular in the 1970s and 80s.

Another one who our own Jim Plaskett played?

I played him in round 1 of an Adam Raoof norm event at Hampstead in 1999. He was outplaying me but I was able to trick him enroute to my final norm.

Let us not forget his numerous contributions to the theory of the Czech System along with his brother Jakub and GM Vlastimil Jansa.

1.e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6

Přibyl, strictly speaking

John Upham wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 18, 2026 1:23 pm

Let us not forget his numerous contributions to the theory of the Czech System along with his brother Jakub and GM Vlastimil Jansa.

1.e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6

I vaguely recall expecting him to play that against me but our game continued with 3...e5.

I've had the privilege of play Přibyl in the Prague Open in 2008 when I was a lot more keen on over the board chess.
As white I have had a ridiculously passive position which I somehow converted into a draw. Being roughly 300 points lighter that my esteemed IM opponent he was not happy and in the analysis afterwards he was too complementary about my game - to be fair he has had a point.

https://pl.chesstempo.com/game-database ... yl/1139271

In subsequent round we bumped into each other and he was a lot more jolly.