The chess games of Frantisek Zita

Frantisek Zita
Number of games in database: 170
Years covered: 1933 to 1965
Overall record: +45 -46 =79 (49.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Reti System (15)
    A04 A06
English (9)
    A12 A15 A14 A16 A13
King's Indian (9)
    E69 E62 E68 E63 E60
English, 1 c4 e5 (6)
    A29 A20 A22
King's Indian Attack (6)
    A07 A08
Sicilian (6)
    B83 B52 B38 B30 B50

With the Black pieces:

Caro-Kann (31)
    B10 B17 B13 B18 B14
Orthodox Defense (10)
    D55 D50 D58 D53 D51
Queen's Gambit Declined (7)
    D37 D39 D35
French Defense (5)
    C10 C00 C01
French (4)
    C10 C00
Queen's Pawn Game (4)
    A45 D02 A46 E00

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   F Zita vs Smyslov, 1946 1/2-1/2
   J Sefc vs F Zita, 1954 0-1
   G Abrahams vs F Zita, 1947 0-1

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FRANTISEK ZITA (born Nov-29-1909, died Oct-01-1977) Czech Republic	[what is this?]
Frantisek Zita was born in Prague, then Austria-Hungary. He was Czech (Bohemia and Moravia) champion in 1943 and awarded the IM title in 1950. Zita passed away in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, in 1977. Wikipedia article: Franti%C5%A1ek Z%C3%ADta

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. J Dobias vs F Zita	1-0	29	1933	Kautsky mem10	A52 Budapest Gambit
2. L Endzelins vs F Zita	0-1	44	1936	Munich Olympiad	A25 English
3. H Max vs F Zita	0-1	53	1936	Munich Olympiad	B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
4. F Zita vs K Havasi	1-0	50	1937	7th olm final	D55 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. F Zita vs Gilg	1-0	30	1937	New York, NY USA	A22 English
6. M Broeder vs F Zita	0-1	36	1937	7th olm final	D55 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. G Danielsson vs F Zita	1-0	38	1937	7th olm final	A25 English
8. A De Groot vs F Zita	½-½	52	1937	7th olm final	E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
9. F Zita vs M Luckis	1-0	51	1937	7th olm final	A14 English
10. K S Ojanen vs F Zita	1-0	33	1937	7th olm final	D09 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3
11. F Zita vs S Petursson	1-0	29	1937	7th olm final	A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
12. E Reed Valenzuela vs F Zita	½-½	59	1939	Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-A	B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
13. Pelikan vs F Zita	½-½	16	1939	Prague olm qual	D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation
14. K Treybal vs F Zita	1-0	55	1940	Rakovnik	B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
15. F Zita vs J Dobias	1-0	42	1940	Rakovnik	B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3
16. F Zita vs M Katetov	½-½	52	1940	Rakovnik	A14 English
17. F Zita vs Hromadka	0-1	45	1940	Rakovnik	A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
18. Alekhine vs F Zita	½-½	45	1942	Praha (07)	B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
19. C Kottnauer vs F Zita	½-½	92	1942	Duras 60 mem	E00 Queen's Pawn Game
20. F Zita vs M Katetov	1-0	31	1942	Chocen	E07 Catalan, Closed
21. F Zita vs Sajtar	½-½	33	1942	Chocen	A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
22. C Kottnauer vs F Zita	1-0	30	1942	Chocen	A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
23. J Rejfir vs F Zita	1-0	33	1942	Duras 60 mem	E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
24. F Zita vs K Junge	0-1	17	1942	Duras 60 mem	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
25. J Dobias vs F Zita	0-1	40	1942	Chocen	B10 Caro-Kann


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Sep-11-05		Gypsy: Chessmetrics Player Profile reads as this: <Franti�ek Z�ta; Born: 1909-Nov Died: 1977-Oct. Best World Rank: #19 (7 different months between the January 1944 rating list and the December 1944 rating list) Highest Rating: 2644 on the August 1944 rating list, #21 in world, age 34y9m Best Individual Performance: 2646 in Prague, 1943, scoring 8.5/12 (71%) vs 2527-rated opposition.>

Sep-11-05		Gypsy: The book <Good Night Stories in Black and White> by Ivan Hausner gives this sweet anecdote from Zita's life: "In the beginnig of 1970's, Prague chess team "Dopravni Podnik" traveled to a team match by a bus. During one long trip, everyone was filling the time as best they could and master Vaclav Brat was spending an unusually long time on his crosword puzzle. Suddenly he turned to Zita: "Franta, you are in the crossword puzzle!" -- "No, you are kidding! That is not possible!" -- But indeed there it was: Zita as a chessplayer on 4 letters. Frantisek was already quite past the zenith of his performance curve (he was born in 1908) and became tremendously pleased that somebody would still recall him in a crossword puzzle. -- "See that, they still know my name!" he quietly mumbled. And Brat found no heart to reveal that he took so long to solve the puzzle only because he needed to consistently replace <Hort> by <Zita> in all criss-crossing directions..."

Sep-11-08		myschkin: . . . Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti...

Nov-27-12		Morphischer: A pic http://www.newinchess.com/Zita__Fra...

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