Jan Plachetka
Number of games in database: 1,904
Years covered: 1960 to 2009
Current FIDE rating: 2379
Highest rating achieved in database: 2480
Overall record: +689 -438 =776 (56.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (138)      B90 B20 B43 B57 B40  King's Indian (87)      E97 E91 E60 E61 E81  English (78)      A15 A13 A16 A14 A10  Ruy Lopez (54)      C85 C88 C69 C76 C96  Queen's Pawn Game (45)      A46 E10 E00 A40 A45  English, 1 c4 c5 (38)      A30 A34 A36 A37 A35	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (228)      B22 B40 B42 B47 B39  Ruy Lopez (96)      C88 C67 C89 C85 C69  Modern Benoni (66)      A57 A58 A56 A59 A65  Benko Gambit (57)      A57 A58 A59  Ruy Lopez, Closed (51)      C88 C89 C85 C91 C84  Caro-Kann (46)      B16 B10 B12 B14 B15

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Plachetka vs Mnatsakanian, 1979 1-0
   Plachetka vs L Zinn, 1974 1-0
   Plachetka vs Schneider, 1982 1-0

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JAN PLACHETKA (born Feb-18-1945) Slovakia [what is this?] Jan Plachetka born in Trencin in 1945 was awarded the IM title in 1973 and the GM title in 1978. He was 1st= at Polanica Zdroj 1975, 1st at Sofia 1979, 1st at Trnava 1979 and 1st= at Strasbourg 1985. He also played on the Czech Olympiad teams from 1980 to 1986.

page 1 of 77; games 1-25 of 1,904  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tal vs Plachetka ½-½ 64 1960 Prague radio sim C44 King's Pawn Game 2. J Kozma vs Plachetka 1-0 21 1962 CSR-ch D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 3. Jansa vs Plachetka   1-0 42 1962 CSR-ch C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 4. Plachetka vs L Alster   0-1 34 1962 CSR-ch B27 Sicilian 5. Plachetka vs Kavalek   ½-½ 50 1962 CSR-ch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Plachetka vs Hort   0-1 24 1962 CSR-ch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. Plachetka vs J Nun   ½-½ 55 1962 CSR-ch D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 8. F Blatny vs Plachetka   1-0 42 1962 CSR-ch B26 Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 9. J Vesely vs Plachetka   ½-½ 18 1962 CSR-ch B50 Sicilian 10. Hybl vs Plachetka   0-1 26 1962 CSR-ch D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 11. J Augustin vs Plachetka   0-1 41 1962 CSR-ch B40 Sicilian 12. J Trapl vs Plachetka   1-0 48 1962 CSR-ch B89 Sicilian 13. Plachetka vs J Fichtl   1-0 42 1962 CSR-ch C15 French, Winawer 14. Plachetka vs Jan Fabian   1-0 67 1962 CSR-ch A56 Benoni Defense 15. Plachetka vs Opocensky   ½-½ 36 1962 CSR-ch B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 16. Plachetka vs J Trmal   ½-½ 30 1962 CSR-ch D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted 17. S Kupka vs Plachetka   ½-½ 24 1962 CSR-ch A04 Reti Opening 18. J Marsalek vs Plachetka   ½-½ 16 1962 CSR-ch B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 19. Paul O'Brien vs Plachetka   0-1 24 1963 Prague-London U26 B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 20. Plachetka vs J Bellin 1-0 20 1964 Harrachov 6465 B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 21. Kavalek vs Plachetka   1-0 34 1964 Harrachov 6465 C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 22. Smejkal vs Plachetka   1-0 40 1964 Harrachov 6465 E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 23. Plachetka vs Jansa   0-1 26 1964 Harrachov 6465 B44 Sicilian 24. Plachetka vs J Augustin   1-0 21 1964 Harrachov 6465 A14 English 25. K Eretova vs Plachetka   0-1 41 1964 Harrachov 6465 B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation  page 1 of 77; games 1-25 of 1,904

Dec-16-05    Gypsy: Chessmetrics Player Profile: Jan Plachetka (*1945). Best World Rank, Rating: #85, 2596 (1976). Feb-07-06    PinkPanther: How did this guy get on the homepage menu? I've never even heard of him. Feb-18-06    BIDMONFA: Jan Plachetka PLACHETKA, Jan http://www.bidmonfa.com/plachetka_j... _ Jul-19-06    A.Alekhine: 10000000 chessbucks to you for being number 4 and 50000000 for me for being number 5! Feb-18-08    brankat: Mr.Plachetka must be a very lucky guy. According to this database he has had 777 Draws :-) Feb-18-08    brankat: Happy Birthday! Sep-02-08    Honza Cervenka: <He also played on the Czech Olympiad teams from 1980 to 1986.> He played for Czechoslovak national team, not Czech. It should be mentioned also that in 1982 he was very worthy member of silver medallist Czechoslovak team on the Luzern Olympiad together with Hort, Smejkal, Ftacnik, Jansa and Ambroz. Feb-18-09    brankat: Happy Birthday Jan! Feb-18-09    moronovich: Happy Birthday Jan ! Hope your kids liked the computer you bought from me, way back in the 80īs. Feb-18-09    WhiteRook48: simply amazing that he had the lucky 7 times 111 draws

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