Jaroslav Sajtar
Number of games in database: 333
Years covered: 1938 to 1965
Overall record: +87 -72 =174 (52.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (20)      E85 E67 E80 E69 E86  English (18)      A17 A15 A16 A13 A10  Orthodox Defense (17)      D51 D55 D62 D58 D61  Nimzo Indian (16)      E40 E33 E38 E48 E26  Grunfeld (13)      D90 D95 D73 D88 D91  Queen's Indian (8)      E14 E18 E17 E19 E16	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (56)      B50 B93 B58 B52 B40  Grunfeld (43)      D86 D79 D85 D78 D95  King's Indian (11)      E60 E69 E74 E72 E88  Sicilian Najdorf (10)      B93 B94 B91 B92  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (8)      B67 B66 B63 B68  English (8)      A15 A16

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Sajtar vs Sliwa, 1947 1-0
   Sajtar vs Pachman, 1943 1-0
   Sajtar vs E Pedersen, 1951 1-0
   Sajtar vs Benko, 1954 1-0

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JAROSLAV SAJTAR (born Dec-03-1921, died Feb-04-2003) Czech Republic [what is this?] Jaroslav Sajtar born 1921 was awarded the IM title in 1950 and an Honorary GM title in 1985. He best tournament result was 2nd= placing at Warsaw 1947. He played on the Czech Olympiad teams of 1952 and 1954. After 1956 he devoted himself to FIDE and chess organisation.

page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 333  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Sajtar vs T Kapfer   1-0 25 1938 Krakow D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 2. Ropstorff vs Sajtar 0-1 34 1938 Krakow B50 Sicilian 3. Biedermann vs Sajtar   0-1 25 1938 Krakow D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 4. Sajtar vs W Kunerth   0-1 32 1938 Krakow C06 French, Tarrasch 5. Sajtar vs J Gadalinski   1-0 41 1938 Krakow D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. A Pytlakowski vs Sajtar 0-1 39 1938 Krakow B40 Sicilian 7. Sajtar vs Dake   1-0 33 1938 Krakow B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 8. K Poschauko vs Sajtar 0-1 38 1938 Krakow C88 Ruy Lopez 9. Sajtar vs N Borowski 0-1 20 1938 Krakow A52 Budapest Gambit 10. H Oettinger vs Sajtar   ½-½ 47 1938 Krakow C17 French, Winawer, Advance 11. K Wojtyla vs Sajtar   0-1 31 1938 Krakow C02 French, Advance 12. Sajtar vs M Bluemich   ½-½ 25 1938 Krakow C45 Scotch Game 13. I Grynfeld vs Sajtar   ½-½ 46 1938 Krakow B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 14. Sajtar vs K Plater 1-0 26 1938 Krakow B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 15. Samisch vs Sajtar   1-0 35 1942 Chocen B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 16. Sajtar vs R Keller   1-0 39 1942 Chocen E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 17. E Richter vs Sajtar   ½-½ 21 1942 Chocen D95 Grunfeld 18. Sajtar vs M Katetov   0-1 46 1942 Chocen E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 19. C Kottnauer vs Sajtar   ½-½ 50 1942 Chocen D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 20. F Zita vs Sajtar   ½-½ 33 1942 Chocen A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 21. Sajtar vs J Florian   ½-½ 34 1942 Chocen A09 Reti Opening 22. Hromadka vs Sajtar 0-1 28 1942 Chocen B03 Alekhine's Defense 23. B Thelen vs Sajtar   ½-½ 36 1942 Chocen B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 24. Sajtar vs J Dobias   1-0 46 1942 Chocen E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 25. Sajtar vs A Tikovsky   ½-½ 30 1942 Chocen D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 333

Apr-25-05    WTHarvey: Here are some diagrams of crucial positions in Jaroslav's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/sajt.html Dec-03-08    whiteshark: Player of the Day Never heard of him before :( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarosl...

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