Jan Votava
Number of games in database: 258
Years covered: 1989 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2499
Highest rating achieved in database: 2569
Overall record: +92 -61 =103 (56.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (25)      B22 B40 B90 B32 B89  Queen's Pawn Game (16)      A46 D02 E10 A40 D04  Caro-Kann (8)      B12 B17 B10 B13  English, 1 c4 e5 (5)      A22 A26 A21 A25  English (5)      A10 A13 A16  King's Indian (5)      E60 E83 E62 E63	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (49)      B42 B40 B22 B43 B31  Sicilian Kan (19)      B42 B43 B41  Grunfeld (15)      D85 D78 D80 D79 D86  Ruy Lopez (12)      C77 C67 C92 C65 C89  Queen's Gambit Declined (9)      D37 D38 D30 D35  Queen's Pawn Game (7)      A41 A45 A46 D02

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JAN VOTAVA (born Nov-29-1974) Czech Republic [what is this?] Grandmaster

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 258  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Votava vs G Giorgadze   0-1 30 1989 Warsaw op C30 King's Gambit Declined 2. Votava vs Oral   0-1 28 1989 CZE-ch U16 C30 King's Gambit Declined 3. Votava vs Y Rantanen   1-0 27 1989 Warszawa C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 4. Topalov vs Votava   ½-½ 53 1990 A.Kotov memorial A46 Queen's Pawn Game 5. R Chytilek vs Votava   0-1 43 1990 Ch Czechoslovakia (juniors) C28 Vienna Game 6. A Pektor vs Votava   0-1 29 1990 Ch Czechoslovakia (juniors) C25 Vienna 7. Zsofia Polgar vs Votava   ½-½ 47 1990 Ch World (cadets) (under 16), Singapore C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 8. Votava vs E Liss   ½-½ 23 1990 WchJ C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham 9. Bronstein vs Votava   0-1 29 1991 Rishon le Zion D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 10. D Belik vs Votava   ½-½ 44 1991 Ch Czechoslovakia C55 Two Knights Defense 11. Votava vs V Beim   0-1 51 1991 Rishon Le Ziyyon B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 12. Pavasovic vs Votava   0-1 44 1991 Stockerau op U18 B24 Sicilian, Closed 13. Votava vs Plachetka   ½-½ 61 1992 CSR-ch B22 Sicilian, Alapin 14. Votava vs Ftacnik   0-1 22 1992 CZE-chT B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 15. P Jaracz vs Votava   ½-½ 46 1992 Ch World (juniors) C50 Giuoco Piano 16. V Beim vs Votava   ½-½ 17 1992 Rishon Le Ziyyon D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. J Lechtynsky vs Votava   ½-½ 21 1992 CSR-ch D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 18. I Stohl vs Votava   1-0 69 1992 CZE-chT D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Blatny vs Votava   0-1 48 1992 CSR-chT 92\10 D02 Queen's Pawn Game 20. I Stohl vs Votava   1-0 40 1992 CZE-ch A46 Queen's Pawn Game 21. Votava vs Taimanov   0-1 57 1993 Prague B22 Sicilian, Alapin 22. Votava vs A David   0-1 39 1993 Prague (Czech Republic) C55 Two Knights Defense 23. V Beim vs Votava   ½-½ 33 1993 Rishon Le Ziyyon A10 English 24. S Panzalovic vs Votava   1-0 35 1993 Altensteig GER D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 25. Votava vs Smejkal   0-1 29 1993 CZE-chT C47 Four Knights  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 258

Dec-04-04    GufeldStudent: This guy seems pretty strong. Oct-11-09    Tabanus: GM Jan Votava, Czech Republic, born 29 November 1974. Current rating 2561, http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... U16 Czech champion in 1990. IM in 1992. Czech vice champion in 1995. Rating peak 2545 in 1996. Played in the 1996 olympiad (2nd reserve). GM in 1999. Played in European Team Ch's 2001 (board 3) and 2005 (1st reserve). Placed 3rd in the Czech Ch 2007. He has several tournaments wins, see Wikipedia. Long time player for Erfurter SK in German Bundesliga. Biography: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Vo... (in German) http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Vo... (in Polish) Pictures: http://sachy.rcsport.info/images/fo... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... http://www.rochade.de/photos/200804... Nov-29-11    BIDMONFA: Jan Votava VOTAVA, Jan http://www.bidmonfa.com/votava_jan.... _

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