Bedrich Thelen
Number of games in database: 39
Years covered: 1925 to 1945
Overall record: +10 -21 =8 (35.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:	With the Black pieces:  Queen's Indian (4)      E12 E18 E19

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Thelen vs F Treybal, 1927 1-0
   B Thelen vs NN, 1930 1-0

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BEDRICH THELEN (born May-25-1905, died Jul-12-1972) Czech Republic [what is this?] Bedrich Thelen died in Prague, then Czechoslovakia.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 39  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Novak vs B Thelen   1-0 23 1925 Bratislava-A B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 2. B Thelen vs J Rasovsky   0-1 32 1925 Bratislava-A A43 Old Benoni 3. B Thelen vs F J Prokop   1-0 38 1925 Bratislava-A A06 Reti Opening 4. J Rejfir vs B Thelen   0-1 32 1925 Bratislava-A A53 Old Indian 5. Z Vecsey vs B Thelen   0-1 45 1926 Kautsky mem 3rd B32 Sicilian 6. J Schulz Sr vs B Thelen 1-0 29 1926 Kautsky mem3 B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. B Thelen vs Hromadka   0-1 42 1926 Prague-ch D94 Grunfeld 8. B Thelen vs K Skalicka   1-0 24 1927 Prague Evony C67 Ruy Lopez 9. B Thelen vs J Schulz Sr   0-1 20 1927 Prague Evony B15 Caro-Kann 10. B Thelen vs J Rejfir   0-1 49 1927 Prague Evony B83 Sicilian 11. Flohr vs B Thelen 0-1 47 1927 Kautsky mem 4th E12 Queen's Indian 12. B Thelen vs Hromadka   1-0 68 1927 Prague Evony A81 Dutch 13. B Thelen vs F Treybal 1-0 49 1927 Prague Evony D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 14. F J Prokop vs B Thelen   0-1 30 1927 Prague Evony D04 Queen's Pawn Game 15. J Rejfir vs B Thelen   1-0 35 1927 Prague Evony E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 16. Hromadka vs B Thelen   1-0 31 1927 Kautsky mem 4th C26 Vienna 17. Prokes vs B Thelen 1-0 23 1927 Prague Evony E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 18. B Thelen vs Flohr   0-1 37 1928 Kautsky mem 5th A30 English, Symmetrical 19. Flohr vs B Thelen 1-0 31 1928 Prague Evony C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 20. B Thelen vs NN 1-0 8 1930 Berlijn B22 Sicilian, Alapin 21. K Treybal vs B Thelen   1-0 25 1931 Kautsky mem 8th C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 22. B Thelen vs Hromadka   0-1 29 1942 Chocen D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 23. M Katetov vs B Thelen   ½-½ 39 1942 Chocen A15 English 24. Alekhine vs B Thelen   ½-½ 48 1942 Praha (03) C07 French, Tarrasch 25. J Rejfir vs B Thelen   ½-½ 46 1942 Duras 60 mem D53 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 39

Mar-19-06    Chessical: Thelen appears to been a strong Czech (or Slovak?) player who survived WW2 but little was heard of him after 1943. He played in Prague in 1945, but did he give up chess, or did he have problems with the post-war Communist government? Mar-28-06    Gypsy: <Chessical> Thelen was Czech. The little I know of him generally comes from the positive role he played in the story of Max Dietze. (More details there.) Thelen was a pre-WW2 member of Czechoslovak Communist Party and, it seems, a generally decent man. Nov-05-10    GrahamClayton: A Bedrich Thelen played on board 7 for Czechoslovakia against Belgium in 1954 in Brussels. Is this the same player?

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