Jan Sefc
Number of games in database: 185
Years covered: 1948 to 1958
Overall record: +63 -51 =71 (53.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (37)      B53 B57 B88 B62 B60  Ruy Lopez (10)      C86 C77 C66 C71 C74  French Defense (9)      C07 C04 C06 C10 C00  Caro-Kann (8)      B10 B17 B16 B13 B11  Two Knights (7)      C56 C55  French Tarrasch (6)      C07 C04 C06	With the Black pieces:  Semi-Slav (13)      D48 D45 D44  Ruy Lopez (13)      C87 C82 C80 C64 C84  English (11)      A13 A15 A14 A17  Alekhine's Defense (11)      B05 B03 B02  Queen's Gambit Declined (8)      D36 D35 D39 D38 D30  Orthodox Defense (8)      D55 D58 D54 D50 D59

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Sefc vs W Golz, 1956 1-0
   J Sefc vs H Van de Broeck, 1958 1-0

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JAN SEFC (born Dec-10-1924) Slovakia [what is this?] Jan Sefc was Czechoslovak champion in 1955.

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 185  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Sefc vs Foltys   ½-½ 46 1948 CSR-ch B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 2. E Richter vs J Sefc 1-0 21 1948 CSR-ch D96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 3. J Sefc vs J Louma   0-1 58 1948 CSR-ch C39 King's Gambit Accepted 4. L Potucek vs J Sefc   1-0 37 1948 CSR-ch C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. J Sefc vs F Zita 0-1 22 1948 CSR-ch B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 6. V Olexa vs J Sefc 0-1 31 1948 CSR-ch D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 7. Stahlberg vs J Sefc 1-0 26 1949 Trencianske Teplice D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 8. E Richter vs J Sefc   0-1 29 1949 Trencianske Teplice D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. J Sefc vs K S Ojanen   ½-½ 24 1949 Trencianske Teplice C77 Ruy Lopez 10. Pachman vs J Sefc   1-0 51 1949 Trencianske Teplice D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. J Sefc vs Prins   0-1 41 1949 Trencianske Teplice C47 Four Knights 12. E Paoli vs J Sefc 1-0 25 1949 Trencianske Teplice (Slovakia) C58 Two Knights 13. Golombek vs J Sefc 0-1 33 1949 Trencianske Teplice A58 Benko Gambit 14. J Sefc vs J Platt   ½-½ 55 1949 Trencianske Teplice B56 Sicilian 15. H Polzer vs J Sefc   0-1 59 1949 CZE-AUT A15 English 16. S Erdelyi vs J Sefc   0-1 34 1949 Trencianske Teplice E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 17. J Sefc vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 69 1949 Tr.Teplice B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 18. J Sefc vs Ujtelky   ½-½ 36 1949 Trencianske Teplice B22 Sicilian, Alapin 19. Szily vs J Sefc   ½-½ 23 1949 Trencianske Teplice C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 20. J Sefc vs H Polzer   0-1 40 1949 CZE-AUT B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 21. P Petrov vs J Sefc 0-1 38 1949 BUL-CSR D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 22. C Kottnauer vs J Sefc   1-0 80 1949 Trencianske Teplice A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 23. J Sefc vs Julio Bolbochan   ½-½ 59 1949 Trencianske Teplice (Slovakia) C71 Ruy Lopez 24. J Sefc vs Foltys   ½-½ 33 1949 Trencianske Teplice D05 Queen's Pawn Game 25. J Sefc vs P Petrov   ½-½ 42 1949 BUL-CSR C41 Philidor Defense  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 185

Nov-05-06    Calli: Hmm, pronounced Sefts? Nov-05-06    Gypsy: Shefts. Dec-10-08    brankat: Happy Birthday Mr.Sefc! Dec-10-08    whiteshark: Here is an old photo with Jan Sefc as trainer: http://sachovespravy.szm.sk/sefc.jpg standing -->: Vladimír Cambell, Svetozár Krno, Janík, Štefan Granec, <Ján Šefc>, sitting -->: Ľubomír Ftáčnik, Stanislav Breja, Miroslav Semotam Dec-10-08    whiteshark: and a short bio: http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A... Dec-10-10    Eastfrisian: This first link shows only an error. Dec-10-10    whiteshark: <Eastfrisian> They have moved the picture/page to http://www.sachovespravy.eu/sefc.jpg (We apologize for any inconveniance caused by this - Deutsche Bahn) :D Dec-10-10    Eastfrisian: An allem ist die auch nicht schuld. ;-)

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