- Jiří Pelikán
Jiří (Jiri, Jorge) Pelikán (
23 April 1906 – 1984)citation
last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige
year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography
publisher=McFarland
isbn=0-7864-2353-6
page=323] was a Czech–Argentine chess master.In 1935, Jiří Pelikán tied for 2nd-4th in Luhačovice (
Karel Opočensky won). In 1935, he won in Prague (12th Kautsky memorial). In 1936, he tied for 7-8th in Poděbrady (Salo Flohr won). In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in Novi Sad (Vasja Pirc won). In 1936, he won in Prague (13th Kautsky memorial). In 1937, he took 5th in Bad Elster (Ludwig Rellstab andEfim Bogoljubow won). In 1937, he took 8th in Prague (Paul Keres won).He played for Czechoslovakia (Bohemia&Moravia in 1939) in three
Chess Olympiad s.
* In 1935, at first reserve board in 6th Olympiad in Warsaw (+7 –1 =7);
* In 1937, at fourth board in 7th Olympiad in Stockholm (+3 –4 =3);
* In 1939, at third board in 8th Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+8 –2 =5).He won individual silver medal at Warsaw 1935.Following the outbreak of the
World War II Pelikan, along with many other participants of the 8th Olympiad (Najdorf, Stahlberg, Frydman, Eliskases, Michel, Engels, Becker, Reinhardt, Czerniak, Kleinstein, Rauch, Winz, Luckis, Feigins, Raud, Skalička, Sulik, Gromer, Seitz, de Ronde, Sonja Graf, Paulette Schwatzmann, etc.) had decided to stay permanently in Argentina.In 1942, Jorge Pelikán tied for 6-7th in Mar del Plata (
Miguel Najdorf won). In 1943, he tied for 3rd-6th in Mar del Plata (Gideon Stahlberg won). In 1944, he tied for 7-8th in Mar del Plata (Herman Pilnik and Najdorf won). In 1945/46, he took 4th, behindRené Letelier , Carlos Skalicka, andMovsas Feigins , in Buenos Aires (Circulo La Régence).In 1955, he tied for 8-9th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Najdorf won). In 1956, he took 9th in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch;
Raúl Sanguineti won). In 1956, he won, ahead of Behrensen, in Buenos Aires (Alekhine memorial). In 1957, he tied for 3rd-4th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Sanguineti won). In 1957, he took 3rd in San Nicolás (Erich Eliskases won). In 1958, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires (Sanguineti won). In 1958, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires (Alfredo Espósito won). In 1960, he took 3rd in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Najdorf won). In 1961, he tied for 10-11th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won).In 1965, Pelikan won in Chacabuco. In 1965, he tied for 4-5th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Sanguineti won). In 1966, he took 2nd in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch;
Miguel Quinteros won). In 1966, he tied for 11-13th in Rio Hondo (6th South-American zonal). The event was won byHenrique Mecking ,Julio Bolbochán ,Oscar Panno andAlberto Foguelman . In 1967, he tied for 9-10th in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch; Najdorf won). In 1968, he took 2nd, behind Najdorf, in Mar del Plata (ARG-ch, sf). In 1968, he tied for 8-9th in Buenos Aires (Sanguineti won). In 1970, he tied for 1st-2nd with Rossetto in Miramar. In 1972, he won in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch, prefinal). In 1972, he tied for 10-11th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Rossetto won).The Pelikan Variation of the
Sicilian Defence (ECO code B33) is named after him.He was awarded the
International Master (IM) title in 1965.References
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