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| Aug-12-04 | | aw1988: Another completely unkown player of the day. |
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| Aug-12-04 | | ughaibu: Not unknown to me and I imagine plenty of others and now no longer unknown to you thanks to Chessgames.com for bringing him to your attention. |
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| Aug-12-04 | | Gypsy: <aw1988: Another completely unkown player of the day.> Pitty. Smejkal was one of the top 15-20 or so players in the seventies; together with Hort, he was board 1-2 for Czechoslovakia. A very strong player plagued by time troubles and health problems, Smejkal was/is one of those players that work very hard each game but do not pace themself well throughout the tournaments. |
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| Aug-12-04 | | Gypsy: One should note that when Smejkal had his 2615 Elo, 2600 was considered the divide of super-GM. |
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| Aug-12-04 | | Benzol: He's not unknown to me either. Here's a nice win some of you may not have seen.
Smejkal vs Gheorghiu, 1972 |
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| Aug-12-04 | | HailM0rphy: <He's not unknown> ?? omg 3 of his 4 notable games are draws btw is his name pronounced Smeagol? The first thing I thought of when I seen his name was the word 'precious'.. |
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| Aug-12-04 | | Gypsy: Well <HailM0rphy>, you certainly came up with the weirdest criticism of GM Smejkal. |
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| Aug-12-04 | | HailM0rphy: <ArabianGypsie> Thanks,
I learn from the best :)
<7/30/04 CrackerSmack: I'm sure Morphy's photo here has been tampered. Judging by his games he should look like an anthropoid ape > "Fat stuupid hobbit..." |
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| Aug-12-04 | | Gypsy: That quote by <cs> explains your faul mood <HailM0rphy>. You had me puzzled. Although I kind of enjoy the quick wit <cs> at times exudes, I dare not to provoke him. Even though he is now much less lethal than he used to be, I still would not want to be on the receiving end of his posts. (Even writing this may be too much I fear.) |
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| Sep-03-04 | | Knight13: This guy is unknown to me, too. Who is he? |
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Sep-05-04
 | | Eggman: Smejkal, Jan (1946- ), Czech champion 1973, 1979, 1986, International Grandmaster 1972. Going into the second-last round of the 1973 interzonal he trailed Karpov by a half-point, with the two facing off against each other, and Smejkal needing a win to stay in the running. Smejkal lost the game (Smejkal vs Karpov, 1973), a classic, and would come no further toward the world title, but would have successes in other strong international tournaments up until the mid-80s. |
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| Sep-05-04 | | iron maiden: Even if Smejkal had won that game, though, it still wouldn't have been enough to qualify him, because he lost in the last round too. |
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| Sep-05-04 | | Benzol: 2nd time in just over a fortnight. Not bad eh. |
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| Sep-05-04 | | Gypsy: People are not machines <iron maiden> and we can not infer anything by such simple arithmetic. The last game would have been played by an inspired-, rather then dispirited man. |
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| Sep-05-04 | | iron maiden: He'd have needed 1.5 points from the last two games just to qualify for a tie-break match. |
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| Sep-05-04 | | Gypsy: Remembering how well Smejkal played back then, he had a fair to good shot at those 1.5 points. It was not to be. |
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Sep-05-04
| | Eggman: <<People are not machines ... and we can not infer anything by such simple arithmetic. The last game would have been played by an inspired-, rather then dispirited man.>> Yes, of course. Smejkal's last round game would have been played in a completely different context - as would Karpov's and Byrne's (Byrne was also in the running) last round games. |
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| Feb-03-05 | | aw1988: I would like to correct a previous post- not completely unknown, but completely forgotten. |
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| May-08-05 | | hintza: http://dictionary.reference.com/sea... |
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Nov-03-05
 | | WTHarvey: Here is a little collection of puzzles from Jan's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/smej.html |
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| Mar-22-06 | | Mameluk: Jan Smejkal, elite player of the 70´s, now completely unknown to some kibitzers here :( turns 60 today. Pity he doesn´t play anymore, he doesn´t write books or train youngsters. |
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| Feb-25-07 | | ChessNe1: why does David Goodman get a picture and Jan Smejkal not? I have heard more about Smejkal than Goodman. |
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| May-13-07 | | ALEXIN: Smejkal unknown ? Not for me. A great player when I was 15 old :-) |
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| Aug-08-07 | | PAWNTOEFOUR: i try and not pay attention to some of these guys.......i strongly suggest that you do some some homework first.......remember it's better to be thought a fool then open your mouth and remove all doubt.......i won't mention any names,i'll just look at the guilty party and whistle.......<hailmorphy> |
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Aug-08-07
 | | Troller: <ChessNe1: why does David Goodman get a picture and Jan Smejkal not? I have heard more about Smejkal than Goodman.> Good question. Goodman, is he the IM who has written some books? Oh, wow. Smejkal is, if not exactly legendary, then one of the great masters of the 70's. Smejkal was known for getting into time trouble. Larsen won a famous game against him (Smejkal vs Larsen, 1976), where he deliberately tried to exploit this. Rumour has it that Smejkal for the last 10 moves before time control really needed to go to the rest room, but did not dare. While Larsen would take his time for his moves, and then move the pieces slowly across the board. Smejkal does have an even score against Larsen, though, his best win probably being from Milan 1975:
Smejkal vs Larsen, 1975
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