Metodej Gargulak
Number of games in database: 13
Years covered: 1907 to 1919
Overall record: +7 -4 =2 (61.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

D33		Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch (2 games)
C88		Ruy Lopez (2 games)

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page 1 of 1; 13 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F Treybal vs M Gargulak   1-0 42 1907 Brno C88 Ruy Lopez 2. K Treybal vs M Gargulak   ½-½ 33 1907 Brno C88 Ruy Lopez 3. Prokes vs M Gargulak   0-1 28 1907 Brno D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. J Dobias vs M Gargulak   0-1 85 1913 Ceska Trebova C67 Ruy Lopez 5. M Gargulak vs O Sundstrom   1-0 23 1913 Mlada Boleslav-B C41 Philidor Defense 6. M Gargulak vs Mruzek   1-0 31 1913 Mlada Boleslav-B D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. M Gargulak vs F Schubert   0-1 35 1913 Ceska Trebova D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 8. M Gargulak vs V Kornia   1-0 36 1913 Mlada Boleslav-B D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. K Meissner vs M Gargulak   0-1 27 1913 Mlada Boleslav-B C53 Giuoco Piano 10. Opocensky vs M Gargulak   ½-½ 61 1913 Mlada Boleslav-B C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 11. M Hajn vs M Gargulak   0-1 47 1913 Mlada Boleslav-B C26 Vienna 12. F Schubert vs M Gargulak 1-0 29 1919 UJCS-4.Kongress D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 13. Prokes vs M Gargulak 1-0 22 1919 UJCS-4.Kongress D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav

Oct-19-05    Gypsy: White to move, wins; Gargulak-Kahan (Znojmo 1909). click for larger view A rather stunning combo! I found the game fragment in Vesely: "Psychologicky pruvodce sachovou partii". The game ended as thus: <24.Rxe5! Qxe5 25.Ng6!! Qxe5 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Qxh7+ ... 1:0.> Of course, 25...Qxh2 fails to 26.N5e7# -- a famous predecessor being N Marache vs Morphy, 1857. Oct-19-05    Runemaster: Yes, stunning - thank you, Gypsy. One small thing, though - after 25. Ng6, Black's 25th move can't be 25...Qxe5 - he played that on the move before. Oct-19-05    acirce: Yes, thanks! I tried to solve that one but failed. Very nice. Oct-19-05    Gypsy: <Runemaster: Yes, stunning - thank you, Gypsy. One small thing, though ...> Thx, forgive me the typo -- 25...Qxd5 was the move in the game. Oct-19-05    Runemaster: <Gypsy> Then there's the extra beautiful point that at the end, White could capture Black's queen, but instead sacrifices his own. Do you know anything about this player? I have to say I'd never heard of him. Oct-19-05    Gypsy: <acirce: Yes, ... Very nice.> Glad you liked it. <Runemaster> All I know is that there are annual Gargulak Memorial tournaments in Brno, Czech Republic.

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