| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1929 | 534 | 2212 | (58) | 11 |  
  | 1930 | 502 | 2226 | (56) | 0 |  
  | 1931 | 478 | 2240 | (49) | 10 |  
  | 1932 | 418 | 2256 | (45) | 17 |  
  | 1933 | 500 | 2235 | (51) | 0 |  
  | 1934 | 598 | 2215 | (48) | 7 |  
  | 1935 | 818 | 2174 | (47) | 17 |  
  | 1936 | 801 | 2174 | (58) | 0 |  
  | 1937 | 762 | 2174 | (63) | 0 |  
  | 1938 | 754 | 2174 | (66) | 0 |  
  | 1939 | 695 | 2174 | (65) | 0 |  
  | 1940 | 644 | 2174 | (60) | 0 |  
  | 1941 | 610 | 2174 | (51) | 9 |  
  | 1942 | 451 | 2211 | (48) | 11 |  
  | 1943 | 409 | 2216 | (49) | 19 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Novotny, Oldrich |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 396 |  
   | Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 353 |  
   | Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 703 |  |  |