Foltys, Jan




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1927  249  2300 (57) 17
1928  257  2305 (60) 1
1929  221  2321 (61) 0
1930  204  2336 (57) 0
1931  172  2352 (48) 13
1932  133  2373 (49) 0
1933  97  2394 (40) 22
1934  79  2413 (46) 0
1935  63  2432 (40) 18
1936  37  2475 (31) 49
1937  45  2452 (26) 73
1938  77  2413 (29) 43
1939  93  2400 (32) 32
1940  56  2438 (34) 33
1941  49  2442 (30) 65
1942  48  2440 (34) 22
1943  59  2418 (30) 59
1944  61  2418 (33) 51
1945  48  2434 (43) 0
1946  39  2449 (38) 40
1947  52  2435 (50) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Foltys, Jan  
Born: 13 Oct. 1908
Died: 11 Mar. 1952
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 382
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 353
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 340
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 458
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 123
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 361
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 665, 695
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 350
Web
   Kalendovský, Jan.  [May Desider], page 24

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Opocensky, K. - Foltys, J. 1941         (f)     6   -   6

Tournament data

Ceske Budejovice 1927 (2)     10th Czech Chess Association Congress - Major Tournament B     6.5  /  8
Ceske Budejovice 1927 (8)     10th Czech Chess Association Congress - Major Tournament Final     5  /  9
Brno 1928 (1)     Brno - Bratislava Match    
  Foltys, J. - Rohacek, I.V.     0.5 - 0.5    
Prague 1931 (6)     12th Czech Chess Association Congress - Section A, International     8  /  13
Moravska Ostrava 1933     12th Congress of the German Chess Federation in Czechoslovakia     6.5  /  11
Mnichovo Hradiste 1933 (1)     13th Czech Chess Association Congress - Championship     4.5  /  11
Luhacovice 1935     Olympic Selection Tournament     3  /  7
Moravska Ostrava 1935     Moravska Ostrava Tournament     10  /  11
Podebrady 1936 (2)     14th Czechoslovakia Championship     11  /  17
Munich 1936     Unofficial Olympiad     12.5  /  19
Moravska Ostrava 1936     Moravska Ostrava Championship     13  /  13
Margate 1937 (1)     Margate Masters Tournament     5.5  /  9
Prague 1937 (1)     Prague International Tournament     7  /  11
Jurata 1937     4th Polish Championship     12  /  21
Stockholm 1937 (3)     7th Olympiad     11.5  /  18
Rogaska Slatina 1937     3rd Yugoslav Master Championship     9  /  14
Lodz 1938     Lodz Tournament     7  /  15
Ljubljana 1938     Ljubljana Tournament     7  /  15
Prague 1938 (8)     15th Czechoslovakia Championship     8  /  13
Stuttgart 1939 (1)     Europa Tournament     5.5  /  11
Uhersky Brod 1939     Uhersky Brod Tournament     2.5  /  5
Buenos Aires 1939 (1)     8th Olympiad - Qualifying Group 1     3.5  /  5
Buenos Aires 1939 (6)     8th Olympiad - Final A     7  /  11
Rakovnik 1940     16th Czechoslovakia Championship     9  /  11
Moravska Ostrava 1940 (1)     Moravska Ostrava Tournament     9.5  /  11
Moravska Ostrava 1940 (2)     Moravska Ostrava Tournament     9  /  11
Olomouc 1941     Olomouc Major Tournament     9.5  /  11
Trencianske Teplice 1941     Trencianske Teplice Tournament     10  /  11
Munich 1941     2nd Europa Tournament     8  /  15
Holesov 1941     Holesov Major Tournament     6.5  /  7
Moravska Ostrava 1941     Moravska Ostrava Tournament     7.5  /  9
Munich 1942 (1)     Europa Tournament - Group 1     7  /  11
Prague 1942 (1)     Prague Tournament     7  /  11
Prague 1943 (1)     Prague International Tournament     12.5  /  19
Salzburg 1943     Salzburg International Tournament     3.5  /  10
Prague 1943 (2)     17th Czechoslovakia Championship     7  /  11
Uherske Hradiste 1943     Uherske Hradiste Tournament     5  /  6
Zlin 1943     Zlin Tournament     10  /  13
Prague 1944 (1)     17th Czechoslovakia Championship - Play-off     1.5  /  4
Jihlava 1944     Jihlava Tournament     9  /  11
Hradec Kralove 1944     Hradec Kralove Tournament     10  /  13
Brno 1944     18th Czechoslovakia Championship     10  /  15
Moravska Ostrava 1944     Moravska Ostrava Tournament     8.5  /  9
Moravska Ostrava 1946 (1)     19th Czechsolovakia Championship     9.5  /  14
Prague 1946 (2)     Treybal Memorial Tournament     8.5  /  13
Moravska Ostrava 1946 (2)     Ostrava Championship     12  /  13
The Hague 1947     Netherlands - Czechoslovakia Match    
  Foltys, J. - Prins, L.     1.5 - 0.5    
London, England 1947 (1)     Great Britain - Czechoslovakia Match    
  Foltys, J. - Golombek, H.     2 - 0    
Birmingham 1947     English Midland Counties - Czechoslovakia Match    
  Foltys, J. - Morry, W.R.     2 - 0    
Paris 1947 (3)     France - Czechoslovakia Match    
  Foltys, J. - Rossolimo, N.     0 - 2    
Zagreb 1947     Yugoslavia - Czechoslovakia Match    
  Foltys, J. - Pirc, V.     1 - 1    


Player information updated: 24 Aug. 2025