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Hort 
 
Vlastimil Hort
Number of games in database: 2,660
Years covered: 1959 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2453
Highest rating achieved in database: 2605
Overall record: +981 -302 =1358 (62.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      19 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (193) 
    B23 B40 B26 B22 B81
 King's Indian (126) 
    E92 E75 E73 E70 E98
 Queen's Pawn Game (92) 
    A46 A45 D02 E10 E00
 Nimzo Indian (85) 
    E32 E42 E30 E46 E39
 Ruy Lopez (65) 
    C69 C85 C95 C68 C81
 English, 1 c4 c5 (58) 
    A36 A30 A34 A31 A32
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (184) 
    B57 B22 B81 B83 B42
 Caro-Kann (136) 
    B19 B10 B14 B12 B17
 Grunfeld (92) 
    D94 D85 D91 D86 D83
 Ruy Lopez (76) 
    C67 C95 C72 C80 C97
 King's Indian (62) 
    E94 E60 E90 E92 E62
 French Defense (59) 
    C07 C16 C11 C09 C19
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Hug vs Hort, 1972 0-1
   Hort vs Portisch, 1973 1-0
   Hort vs V Zheliandinov, 1967 1-0
   Hort vs Chandler, 1982 1-0
   Miles vs Hort, 1982 0-1
   Huebner vs Hort, 1987 0-1
   H Ree vs Hort, 1986 1/2-1/2
   Polugaevsky vs Hort, 1976 0-1
   Hort vs A Rodriguez, 1987 1-0
   E Bhend vs Hort, 1964 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Vlastimil Hort by capybara
   Moscow 1963 by sneaky pete
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1973 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1968 by suenteus po 147
   Madrid 1973 by suenteus po 147
   Moscow 1975 by suenteus po 147
   San Antonio 1972 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1975 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1972 by suenteus po 147

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VLASTIMIL HORT
(born Jan-12-1944) Czech Republic (citizen of Germany)

[what is this?]
Vlastimil Hort was born in Kladno, Czechoslovakia. He became an IM in 1962 and a GM in 1965 and has since gone on to win the Czechoslovak Championship six times. In 1977 he qualified for the Candidates but lost the quarterfinal match to Boris Spassky. He is known for introducing the 'Hort system' of awarding prizes. He now lives in Germany and is still an active tournament player.

Wikipedia article: Vlastimil Hort


 page 1 of 107; games 1-25 of 2,660  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Hort vs I Ivanco  1-029 1959 CSR-chA07 King's Indian Attack
2. Ujtelky vs Hort  0-128 1959 CSR-chE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
3. V Olexa vs Hort  0-156 1959 CSR-chA44 Old Benoni Defense
4. J Brach vs Hort  0-140 1959 CSR-chA81 Dutch
5. J Ratolistka vs Hort  0-158 1959 BratislavaB88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
6. J Fabian vs Hort  1-041 1959 CSR-chC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
7. F Blatny vs Hort 0-140 1959 CSR-chC14 French, Classical
8. Jiri Jares vs Hort  0-138 1959 CSR-chC78 Ruy Lopez
9. M Bertok vs Hort  0-143 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) fin-AD23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
10. Hort vs Kholmov  ½-½33 1960 MoscowA33 English, Symmetrical
11. J Rejfir vs Hort  ½-½58 1960 CSR-chA96 Dutch, Classical Variation
12. Ujtelky vs Hort  ½-½38 1960 CSR-chA21 English
13. Hort vs K Prucha  1-048 1960 CSR-chB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
14. Korchnoi vs Hort  1-040 1960 MoscowD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. Bagirov vs Hort  ½-½22 1960 09, MoscowA81 Dutch
16. Hort vs M Zubieta Villegas 1-043 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) qual-CB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
17. K Blom vs Hort  0-126 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) qual-CE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
18. Polugaevsky vs Hort 1-042 1960 MoscowE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
19. Hort vs J Fichtl  1-036 1960 CSR-chC11 French
20. Hort vs V Olexa  1-046 1960 CSR-chB41 Sicilian, Kan
21. Antoshin vs Hort 0-129 1960 MoscowA85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
22. Hort vs Uhlmann  0-132 1960 MoscowD80 Grunfeld
23. J Kozma vs Hort 0-143 1960 CSR-chA80 Dutch
24. Hort vs J Vesely 0-140 1960 CSR-chB24 Sicilian, Closed
25. Hort vs R Weinstein  1-041 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) fin-AB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
 page 1 of 107; games 1-25 of 2,660  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Mar-09-08  wolfmaster: Is this guy's name pronounced as it looks like(Hohrt), or is it Hoort, Hurt, Hairt, etc.?
Mar-09-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: 'Hoard', exept with the nonsounding 't' instead of the sounding 'd' at the end, comes reasonably close.
Jun-01-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Hort's geriatric hints:

<I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of Chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard>

:D

Aug-21-08  myschkin: . . .

In der mittelböhmischen Stadt Kladno wurde Vlastimil Hort 1944 geboren. Als sechsjähriger erkrankte er an Gelbsucht und kam ins Krankenhaus. Dort brachte ihm ein Arzt Schach bei. Die Faszination des Spiels ließ ihn nicht mehr los. Mit 14 Jahren gewann Vlastimil die tschechische Juniorenmeisterschaft.

...

Die Niederschlagung des Prager Frühlings bewog Hort, Schachprofi zu werden, um nicht mit den neuen Machthabern kollaborieren zu müssen.

(Berliner Zeitung, 2005, http://tinyurl.com/5ux3uz)

Aug-23-08  myschkin: . . .

Photo of the 16 year old <Vlastimil> at the Chess Olympiade 1960 in Leipzig (DDR)

http://www.chessbase.de/2005/leipzi...

Aug-26-08  myschkin: . . .
tinyurl (21 Aug)=
http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner...
Aug-26-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: <Phony Benoni: I always thought that he should have formed a chess team called "Vlastimil and his Cohorts".> LOL!
Aug-26-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: <Gypsy: 'Hoard', exept with the nonsounding 't' instead of the sounding 'd' at the end, comes reasonably close.>

Hmmm... in that case it sounds like "whore", doesn't it? I think I'll keep calling him "HoarT", with a big T at the end!

Jan-12-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Hort!
Jan-12-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: Happy Birthday! And I could have drawn that simultaneous game, remember? :)
Jan-12-09  seaotter: The book "The BEST Move," Hort & Jansa should be on everyone's BEST list,... Real hard book,... I think it is no longer in print in english,... I was able to get a German copy from an old East German book dealer,... Really a classic,... Unfortunately, I am after 1 year still only on problem 28,.. The problems are really humbling and it is more fun to study openings or Dworetski (thats sick isn't it,... i.e. more fun then Dworetski I mean)....

Maybe this year I will get past problem 100.

Kind regards to Mr. Hort

Apr-05-09  Dredge Rivers: Czech, please! :)
Apr-22-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Gypsy: <Fusilli: <Gypsy: 'Hoard', exept with the nonsounding 't' instead of the sounding 'd' at the end, comes reasonably close.>

Hmmm... in that case it sounds like "whore", doesn't it? I think I'll keep calling him "HoarT", with a big T at the end!>

First. Go right ahead with your <HoarT>, it will be about right.

Second. By 'non-sounding', I did not mean 'silent'. Instead, I was referring to a pronunciation based classification of consonants: sounding = (d,v,...), non-sounding = (t,f,...).

In Czech, despite being a generally a phonetic language, non-accented 'sounding' consonants at the end of the words are pronounced as if they were their 'non-sounding' siblings:

d -> t
v -> f
etc

Thus the nominative of the names spelled as 'Hort' and 'Hord' would be pronounced about the same, even though their other cases (e.g., vocative) would generally differ.

Jul-07-09  ToTheDeath: <The book "The BEST Move," Hort & Jansa should be on everyone's BEST list,... Real hard book,... I think it is no longer in print in english,... I was able to get a German copy from an old East German book dealer,... Really a classic,... Unfortunately, I am after 1 year still only on problem 28,.. The problems are really humbling and it is more fun to study openings or Dworetski (thats sick isn't it,... i.e. more fun then Dworetski I mean)....>

Really the hardest problem book I've ever seen- anyone sub expert level should not even try. IF you love a challenge pick up this book.

I am watching Hort's Chessbase DVD Facing the World Champions right now. Will post a review after I'm finished.

Jul-10-09  ToTheDeath: I finished Hort's Chessbase DVD "Facing the World Champions". Very entertaining stories, the games themselves are not so great, but Hort is nonetheless interesting to listen to as he describes how he knew the champions: playing blitz with Fischer and Najdorf until 6 am (with Najdorf not winning a game from Bobby), seeing Karpov's political machinations and his tears over Brezhnev's death, Botvinnik refusing to shake his hand before their game.

This is essentially a chess memoir and if you are a fan of Hort or just want to hear some stories about the world champions by a 20th century chess professional you will enjoy this DVD.

May-16-10  myschkin: . . .

"Am 06.06.2010 findet im Herzoginnensaal des Schöninger Schlosses [bei Helmstedt in Niedersachsen] ein Großmeistersimultan gegen den bekannten Spieler Vlastimil Hort statt.

Das Startgeld beträgt 30,00 Euro für Erwachsene und 15,00 Euro für Jugendliche.

Anmeldungen (Name, Alter, DWZ/ELO, Verein) sind an folgende Emailadresse zu richten: dh38364@web.de

Nach Eingang der Anmeldung werden die Interessenten davon unterrichtet, ob noch Bretter zur Verfügung stehen.
Außerdem erfolgt hiernach die entsprechende Zusendung der Bankdaten für die Überweisung des Startgeldes."

Map: http://de.maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat...

Jan-12-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: GM Vlastimil Hort quotes..

"I believe that chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in a comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard."

"In blitz, the knight is stronger than the bishop."

"This is chess from another planet." (on the book Tony Miles 1955-2001 - His Fifty Great Short Stories by IM Nikolay Minev)

"When intuition does not betray you, chess is easy and beautiful."

happy 67th birthday Vlastimil!

Feb-26-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Hort played an 8 game match against Viktor Korchnoi in the Czech Republic in mid-October 2010. Hort disregarded the FIDE rule regarding smoking during play - he lit up during each game. Apparently Korchnoi didn't mind.
Apr-29-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Wyatt Gwyon: Somebody needs to upload those games.
Apr-29-11  Nietzowitsch: <Hort played an 8 game match against Viktor Korchnoi in the Czech Republic in mid-October 2010.> http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/l...

<Hort disregarded the FIDE rule regarding smoking during play - he lit up during each game. Apparently Korchnoi didn't mind.> http://www.chessvibes.com/plaatjes/... It doesn't bother me, too. [and check the art oil painting ...]

Apr-29-11  Helloween: He's playing a game of chess 960 in the photograph, incase nobody noticed.
Feb-20-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: He looks a lot like a doctor I know who comes and joins us for a libation on occasion. The bow tie would never happen with the gentleman here though.
Jan-12-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: Happy b'day. It is a difficult choice for POTD with V. Hort sharing a birthday with S. Karjakin and Harika D.
Jan-12-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  lost in space: Happy birthday, GM Hort. May chess let forget you your rheumatic knee also in the future.
Jan-12-13  Kikoman: Happy 69th Birthday GM Vlastimil Hort. :D
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