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Jozef Franzen

Number of games in database: 365
Years covered: 1965 to 2015
Last FIDE rating: 2210 (2122 rapid, 2174 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2590
Overall record: +89 -108 =168 (47.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (70) 
    B51 B81 B52 B30 B31
 French Defense (21) 
    C07 C05 C04 C09 C03
 French Tarrasch (20) 
    C05 C07 C04 C09 C03
 Reti System (13) 
    A04 A06
 Ruy Lopez (13) 
    C73 C97 C81 C78 C87
 Pirc (12) 
    B09 B08 B07
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (39) 
    C92 C84 C95 C69 C77
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (29) 
    C92 C95 C84 C97 C89
 Queen's Pawn Game (15) 
    A45 A46 E00 D02 D01
 Orthodox Defense (14) 
    D61 D64 D62 D68 D69
 English (13) 
    A13 A17 A16 A15 A19
 King's Indian (11) 
    E80 E92 E97 E69 E96
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   J Franzen vs J Petreje, 1996 1-0
   J Franzen vs F Baumbach, 1994 1/2-1/2
   J Franzen vs L Kristol, 1994 1/2-1/2
   G Sanakoev vs J Franzen, 1994 1/2-1/2
   J Franzen vs J Cordovil, 1994 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Slovak Championship (1978)
   Prievidza (1978)
   Tatran Cup (1984)
   Tatran Cup (1978)
   Prievidza (1973)
   Czechoslovak Championship (1972)
   Reti Memorial (1982)
   Czechoslovak Championship (1984)
   Stary Smokovec (1979)
   Tatran Cup (1972)
   Tatran Cup (1983)
   Tirnavia (1985)
   Czechoslovak Championship (1982)
   Copenhagen Open (1989)
   SVK Extraliga 1994/95 (1994)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Gniot Memorial
   Gleizerov vs J Franzen (Jul-15-15) 1-0
   J Franzen vs V Malisauskas (Jul-19-12) 0-1
   A Pawlicz vs J Franzen (Jul-18-12) 0-1
   J Franzen vs W Smieszek (Jul-17-12) 1-0
   P Musialkiewicz vs J Franzen (Jul-16-12) 1-0

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JOZEF FRANZEN
(born Feb-06-1946, 79 years old) Slovakia

[what is this?]
He is an IM and a GMC. Franzen took 2nd in the 12th Correspondence World Championship.

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 page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 379  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Plachetka vs J Franzen  0-1271965Klasterec nad Orlici U18 6566C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
2. J Reynaldo Hernandez vs J Franzen  0-1131969Allied Armies Team ChampionshipE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
3. J Franzen vs I Jankovec  ½-½561972Czechoslovak ChampionshipB57 Sicilian
4. J Trapl vs J Franzen  ½-½211972Czechoslovak ChampionshipE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
5. J Franzen vs J Fichtl  0-1501972Czechoslovak ChampionshipC04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
6. J Franzen vs S Kupka  1-0611972Czechoslovak ChampionshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
7. J Pribyl vs J Franzen  1-0291972Czechoslovak ChampionshipA55 Old Indian, Main line
8. J Franzen vs J Lechtynsky  ½-½291972Czechoslovak ChampionshipB15 Caro-Kann
9. J Malis vs J Franzen  0-1261972Czechoslovak ChampionshipE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
10. J Franzen vs Smejkal  ½-½191972Czechoslovak ChampionshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
11. E Nowak vs J Franzen  0-1361972Czechoslovak ChampionshipC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
12. J Franzen vs E Meduna  ½-½501972Czechoslovak ChampionshipB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
13. Hort vs J Franzen  ½-½591972Czechoslovak ChampionshipE92 King's Indian
14. J Franzen vs J Sikora-Lerch  1-0371972Czechoslovak ChampionshipB33 Sicilian
15. A Kubicek vs J Franzen  ½-½221972Czechoslovak ChampionshipE61 King's Indian
16. Plachetka vs J Franzen  1-0581972Czechoslovak ChampionshipE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
17. J Franzen vs Jansa  0-1501972Czechoslovak ChampionshipB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
18. I Novak vs J Franzen  1-0271972Czechoslovak ChampionshipC45 Scotch Game
19. Plachetka vs J Franzen  1-0401972Tatran CupA45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. J Kostro vs J Franzen  ½-½371972Tatran CupC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
21. J Franzen vs L Vogt  0-1331972Tatran CupB06 Robatsch
22. I Szabo vs J Franzen  1-0271972Tatran CupC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
23. J Franzen vs L M Kovacs  1-0361972Tatran CupB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
24. J Franzen vs J Pribyl  ½-½151972Tatran CupB03 Alekhine's Defense
25. J Majchrak vs J Franzen  0-1331972Tatran CupA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-24-08  Gypsy: Franzen took 2-nd in The 12-th Correspondence World Championship:

http://tables.iccf.com/world/wcfin/...

Jun-25-08  Phoenix: This guy was awesome in front of the net for the Detroit Redwings hockey team in their Stanley Cup championship victory this year. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playe...
Feb-06-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, GM Josef Franzen.
Oct-11-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: <In February 2002, I interviewed Josef Franzen from Slovakia, a strong "over-the-board" and postal player. He is an international master with FIDE, since 1983, and an ICCF grandmaster, whose best result was second in the 12th Correspondence World Championship in the late 1980s.

Dr. Franzen told me about national team sessions that they held occasionally in Bratislava. "We looked at some positions and my colleagues have no ideas; they do not understand the position. It is impossible to discuss with them whether it is better for Black to exchange a pair of rooks, or whether White’s knight is better than Black’s bishop, and other strategic ideas. They are only people of computers. They work only by calculation and have no chess culture.">

http://www.belkaplan.de/chess/allge...

Nov-24-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: In this day when computers hold sway, the following commentary 'bout says it all:

<....Dr. Franzen told me about national team sessions that they held occasionally in Bratislava. "We looked at some positions and my colleagues have no ideas; they do not understand the position. It is impossible to discuss with them whether it is better for Black to exchange a pair of rooks, or whether White’s knight is better than Black’s bishop, and other strategic ideas. They are only people of computers. They work only by calculation and have no chess culture.">

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