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词条 Ľubomír Ftáčnik
释义

  1. Chess career

  2. Personal life

  3. References

  4. External links

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Ľubomír Ftáčnik (born October 30, 1957 in Bratislava) is a Slovak chess grandmaster and a former European Junior Champion.

Chess career

He became European Junior Champion in 1976/77 and was awarded the International Master title shortly after. In 1980, he received the International Grandmaster title and this heralded the start of a successful playing career in national and international competitions.

In his native Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia) he became national champion in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. In tournaments, there have been many outright first places, including Esbjerg 1982, Trnava 1983, Alltensteig 1987, Baden-Baden Open 1987, the international invitation tournament in Haninge (Sweden), Vienna 1990 and the Parkroyal Surfers (Australia) 2000. At Cienfuegos (Capablanca Memorial) 1980, Dortmund GM 1981 and Lugano Open 1988, he shared first place, and at Hradec Králové in 1981 he was runner-up. In 1987 he drew a match with Kiril Georgiev, the strong Bulgarian grandmaster.

At the Chess Olympiad, he has represented first Czechoslovakia and then Slovakia from 1980 onwards, missing out only in 1998. His major triumph occurred in 1982, when a 67.9% score helped the Czechoslovaks win the silver medal, very much against expectation. His performance with the black pieces overshadowed his results with white, an unusual outcome at such a high level.

In recent years he has spent more time travelling abroad and is an occasional visitor to Australia and the USA. In the US he has attended chess summer camps, promoted his book (Winning The Won Game - 2004 Batsford/Chrysalis, co-authored with Danny Kopec) and played in tournaments. In 2006, he finished joint first at the Las Vegas National Open and followed up with an outright win at the South Carolina Open.

He also played the Amsterdam 2006 event and finished a creditable half point off the leaders in what was a very strong field (Tiviakov, Timman, Nijboer, Tukmakov among others).

Ftáčnik plays league chess in the German Bundesliga and has also made occasional appearances in the 4NCL.

Personal life

Ftáčnik has a son, Martin, born 1985. His twin brother, Jan, is a physicist at the Physics Department of the Comenius University in Bratislava. His older brother, Milan Ftáčnik, was the mayor of Bratislava from 2011 to 2014.

References

  • {{cite book | author=Hooper, David and Whyld, Kenneth | title=The Oxford Companion to Chess | publisher=Oxford University | year=1984 | isbn=0-19-217540-8}}
  • {{cite book | author=Kenneth Whyld | title=Guinness Chess, The Records | publisher=Guinness Publishing Ltd | year=1986 | isbn=0-85112-455-0}}
  • Olimpbase – Olympiads and other Team event information

External links

  • {{chessgames player|id=17586|name=Lubomir Ftacnik}}
  • http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1045547
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