| Mar-07-04 | | WhoKeres: Does anyone have any details about the career and early death of Foltys? He was apparently an IM strength player who played most of the strong players of the 30's and 40's. He lost a famous game to Alekhine that Alekhine annotated in his Best Games book. |
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Mar-07-04
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Dec-29-04
| | Benzol: Born 13th October 1908 in Svinov
Died 11th March 1952 in Ostrava
Awarded the IM title in 1950 he won also won the Czech championship in 1940 and 1943 (joint). |
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Sep-18-05
 | | WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Jan's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/folt.html |
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Sep-04-08
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A Pokorny vs Foltys, 1943
Foltys vs F Vasicek, 1943
Foltys vs Hromadka, 1943
J Holas vs Foltys, 1943
Foltys vs Pachman, 1943
V Petrik vs Foltys, 1943
C Kottnauer vs Foltys, 1943
Foltys vs Hromadka, 1943
Foltys vs J Fichtl, 1943
Foltys vs F Zita, 1943
Foltys vs K Prucha, 1943
belong to Miroslav Foltys (M Foltys), rather than to Jan Foltys.
Both played in Zlin 1943; Jan scored +6, Miloslav -5. http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/Sing... |
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| Jun-03-09 | | myschkin: . . .
Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Fo... |
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| Aug-13-09 | | south.charles: Hi guys...Jan Foltys was a brother of my Grandma. She remembered him often; she died only two years ago. But I remember she said he died of cancer, not leukaemia. He also had two brothers, both excellent chess players, though amateurs. I remember they taught me and played with me when I was a kid. |
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| Aug-13-09 | | Calli: <south.charles> Thanks for the post. By the way, leukemia is cancer of the blood. |
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| Aug-13-09 | | south.charles: Thanks. But he simply did not die of leukaemia. He died of a sarcoma in his leg that later metastasized into his brain. That is all, but the disease he died of is not so important. However, nowadays he perhaps might survive this disease. |
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Aug-13-09
| | Gypsy: <south.charles> Thanks for the clarification. Btw, this (cg.com, that is) is a great place to record any and all further stories about Jan Foltys that you may still recall from your conversations with your mom. Jan Foltys was a wonderful and strong player, perhaps as high as one of World's Top 20 during his best years. Tidbits of information about his life should not go unnecessarily forgotten. |
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| Aug-13-09 | | south.charles: Thank you very much for your kind words about my Grand-Uncle (?) :-) ! I promise to get back... after I will try to pump my elder relatives for some more info. There is not too much, though; Jan Foltys was apparently a rather difficult person, totally devoted to chess, and he did not have the best of relations with his family. |
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| Aug-14-09 | | Calli: <south.charles> Thanks again. I have corrected the bio. One detail may seem meaningless, but often several inaccuracies combine to present a more significant misrepresentation of events. |
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| Aug-14-09 | | south.charles: Calli - thank you very much. When I have some new relevant information about Jan Foltys, I will get back. |
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Aug-15-09
| | Gypsy: <south.charles> Thanks from all of us. |
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| Oct-13-09 | | Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday!!!Jan Foltys!!! |
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| Aug-11-10 | | Resignation Trap: Here's a photo of Foltys from Podebrady 1936: http://smzsnzz.wz.cz/fotky1/0117.JPG |
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| Oct-13-11 | | BIDMONFA: Jan Foltys FOLTYS, Jan
http://www.bidmonfa.com/foltys_jan....
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| Aug-08-12 | | Cemoblanca: Just playing through a game between Alekhine & Botvinnik & after the "opening ceremony" (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nb3 Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. g4) Alekhine wrote: "I first saw this interesting move in a game of the talented Slovakian Master, Foltys, from the recent tournament at Podebrad but did not know that it had already experimented with in the Moscow Tournament. As the present game shows, the move permits White to force a quick draw - but no more." & after his comment I became interested in Foltys. Here's the game: Alekhine vs Botvinnik, 1936 |
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| Jun-23-14 | | zanzibar: What is the source of info for his cause of death?
As I've said before, quoting Wikipedia is problematic unless a timestamp is included - since Wiki articles ebb and flow, twisting and turning with each new edition. (Biographical data should always point to a particular version of the page - <Switch> and others can provide details on how best to do this maybe? I use the <History> tab to look at diffs and old versions.) Here's the current Wiki edit:
<but died of leukaemia at Ostrava in 1952 before it took place.> Which agrees with this bio sketch:
http://neviditelnypes.lidovky.cz/os... (in Czech, the author, Aleš Uhlíř, lived in the same neighborhood as the Foltys family - Miloslav, a judge, was his brother and also played competitive chess.) Actually, despite the general validity of the above - the 2006 Wiki version also just mentions leukemia. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php... Where is the extra, detailed, info in the <CG> bio from? * * * * *
OK - I see, from the discussion above. But <south.charles> hasn't returned, and his accounting, if used in the bio, should be qualified. I'm sorry to say this, since all he said could be true. But it could also be clouded as a childhood memory. In any case, it's 2nd-hand from his Grandmother. And it could also be accurate, but a slightly misleading description of a rarer manifestation of leukemia - such as Myeloid sarcoma. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myeloi...
(Luekemia, by destroying the immune system's White blood cells, typically leaves the patient vulnerable to infectious diseases, and these are generally the direct cause of death). I'm sensitive to many of the issues here - but if the decision is to maintain the bio as is, then the referencing certainly should reflect the source. And the other account of cause-of-death should also be noted (<CG> being the only mention of sarcoma in connection with his death). |
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| Dec-07-20 | | south.charles: To zanzibar: Hi, thank you for your comment...and sorry, have not visited this webpage for a decade. Regarding the info about the cause of death of Jan Foltys, I admit I have no official proof. However, I used to know all of his siblings - Jan's sister Vlasta, who was my Grandmother, who lived in Prerov, and his two brothers, Miloslav, who lived in Holesov, and Jaroslav of Brno, both excellent, though amateur chess players. They all are, obviously, deceased now, though both Miloslav and Vlasta went on living well into their nineties. They all always spoke about a sarcoma in Jan's leg as of the beginning of his untimely demise. As their father, as well as many other members of their family, was a M. D., I never doubted their info. However, I admit, that I do not, and probably never will, have his death certificate, so I am not in a position to really argue. Only wanted this info to be taken into consideration. Thank you for your interest in my forebear! |
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| May-28-22 | | whiteshark: <south.charles> Thanks for sharing this with us. |
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