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Michael Janata

Number of games in database: 117
Years covered: 1960 to 1970
Overall record: +47 -21 =49 (61.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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MICHAEL JANATA
(born Feb-27-1944, 81 years old) Czech Republic

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Michael Janata was a childhood friend and neighbor of Lubomir Kavalek according to Kavalek, they played hundreds of friendly games as juniors, which greatly helped Kavalek's chess development. Janata shared 1st place with Florin Gheorghiu in the 1963 World Junior Championship. Drawing all four games in the play-off he lost the title on tie-break. He reportedly died in the late 1980s.

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 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 117  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Tal vs M Janata ½-½421960Prague radio simC11 French
2. M Janata vs M Seifert  1-0651963Telnice / UstiA28 English
3. E Nowak vs M Janata  1-0151963Telnice / UstiB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
4. M Janata vs Jansa  0-1261963Telnice / UstiE60 King's Indian Defense
5. M Janata vs J Vesely  1-0591963Telnice / UstiA04 Reti Opening
6. S Kupka vs M Janata  0-1441963Telnice / UstiB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
7. M Janata vs F Blatny  0-1401963Telnice / UstiA27 English, Three Knights System
8. M Janata vs K Eretova  1-0341963Telnice / UstiC44 King's Pawn Game
9. Smejkal vs M Janata 1-0231963Telnice / UstiC41 Philidor Defense
10. J Augustin vs M Janata  0-1311963Telnice / UstiC18 French, Winawer
11. M Janata vs Velimirovic 1-0331964WchT U26 11th fin-AA37 English, Symmetrical
12. M Janata vs J Sloth  ½-½411964WchT U26 11th fin-AA12 English with b3
13. C Zuidema vs M Janata  ½-½451964Zurich - jungmeisterB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
14. M Janata vs E Eichhorn  ½-½251964Zurich - jungmeisterE61 King's Indian
15. M Janata vs O Kinnmark  0-1281964Zurich - jungmeisterA14 English
16. F Tejero Royo vs M Janata  0-1211964Zurich - jungmeisterC07 French, Tarrasch
17. M Janata vs H Pfleger  1-0411964Zurich - jungmeisterA14 English
18. H Glauser vs M Janata  0-1341964Zurich - jungmeisterB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
19. M Janata vs M Markus  ½-½221964Zurich - jungmeisterC42 Petrov Defense
20. B Kurajica vs M Janata  1-0451964Zurich - jungmeisterC05 French, Tarrasch
21. M Janata vs H Holaszek  ½-½321964Zurich - jungmeisterC44 King's Pawn Game
22. P N Lee vs M Janata  0-1381964Zurich - jungmeisterC41 Philidor Defense
23. M Janata vs O Jakobsen  ½-½441964Zurich - jungmeisterA15 English
24. Plachetka vs M Janata  ½-½231965Klasterec nad Orlici U18 6566E14 Queen's Indian
25. M Janata vs Plachetka  ½-½251965Selection to Student OlympiadB01 Scandinavian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-10-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Janata was very unlucky to lose the World Junior Championship on a tie-break after a play-off. Maybe he and Gheorghiu should have been declared joint winners?
May-21-19
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  John Saunders: GM Ian Rogers, writing on the English Forum reports that "Michael Janata died in the late 1980s. He returned to Czechoslovakia with an unidentified illness and died three months later. He was a polyglot, specialising in Arabic, who traveled widely." <https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopi...>
Feb-27-21  Eastfrisian: His bio should be updated.
Apr-22-21  Caissanist: I added the line "he reportedly died in the late 1980s" to his bio, since that appears to be all anyone knows.

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