Thelen, Bedřich




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1923  412  2227 (52) 11
1924  356  2250 (44) 11
1925  352  2256 (38) 20
1926  318  2275 (34) 26
1927  326  2279 (30) 51
1928  435  2250 (34) 27
1929  585  2211 (35) 24
1930  645  2201 (37) 14
1931  517  2239 (34) 35
1932  431  2260 (39) 26
1933  443  2258 (54) 0
1934  469  2256 (63) 0
1935  507  2254 (68) 0
1936  504  2251 (69) 0
1937  492  2249 (69) 0
1938  500  2247 (65) 0
1939  482  2245 (58) 0
1940  444  2243 (46) 9
1941  408  2247 (36) 33
1942  373  2248 (36) 22
1943  312  2277 (34) 30
1944  295  2281 (31) 62
1945  505  2205 (38) 24
1946  610  2174 (47) 14

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Thelen, Bedřich  
   Also known as: Fr. Thelen; B. Linke
Born: 25 May 1905
Died: 12 July 1972
 
Notes:
Name sometimes given as 'Fr. Thelen' (Bedřich is the Czech equivalent of the German name Friedrich). Not to be confused with Dr. Hermann Thelen.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 318
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 339
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 406
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 375
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 362
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 423
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 695
   Thulin, Chess Pseudonyms, page 20
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 273
Periodicals
   [PrP], 20 Feb. 1927, page supp.4
Web
   Matocha, Pavel.  [blog.pavla matochy]
   [Chess Results, 1921-1930]

Tournament data

Pardubice 1923 (2)     8th Czech Chess Association Congress - Main Tournament A     6.5  /  11
Gyor 1924 (2)     Hungarian Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier     7  /  11
Prague 1925 (2)     2nd Prague Championship     5  /  9
Bratislava 1925 (4)     9th Czech Chess Association Congress - Major Tournament A     6.5  /  11
Budapest 1926 (3)     FIDE Congress - Major Tournament     9  /  15
Prague 1926 (3)     3rd Prague City Championship     5.5  /  11
Prague 1927 (1)     3rd Kautský Memorial Tournament     6.5  /  12
Prague 1927 (2)     Evonia Tournament     6  /  14
Ceske Budejovice 1927 (6)     10th Czech Chess Association Congress - Championship     4.5  /  14
Prague 1927 (3)     4th Prague City Championship     10  /  11
Prague 1928 (1)     Evona Tournament - 5th Prague Championship     8  /  15
Prague 1928 (2)     4th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     5.5  /  12
Prague 1929 (1)     5th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     7.5  /  13
Prague 1929 (2)     6th Prague City Championship     2  /  11
Prague 1930 (3)     7th Prague City Championship     4  /  14
Prague 1931 (1)     7th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     5  /  12
Prague 1931 (6)     12th Czech Chess Association Congress - Section A, International     6  /  13
Prague 1931 (16)     8th Prague Championship     6.5  /  10
Prague 1932 (1)     8th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     8.5  /  13
Prague 1932 (3)     Prague Tournament     6.5  /  13
Prague 1940 (1)     16th Prague Championship     5  /  9
Brno 1941     Brno Major Tournament     6  /  11
Prague 1941 (1)     17th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     7.5  /  15
Velichovky 1941     Velichovky Tournament     4.5  /  7
Prague 1942 (1)     Prague Tournament     4  /  11
Chocen 1942     Choceň Tournament     3.5  /  11
Prague 1943 (1)     Prague International Tournament     11  /  19
Prague 1943 (2)     17th Czechoslovakia Championship     4.5  /  11
Jihlava 1944     Jihlava Tournament     6.5  /  11
Hradec Kralove 1944     Hradec Kralove Tournament     8  /  13
Brno 1944     18th Czechoslovakia Championship     9.5  /  15
Nepomuk 1944     Nepomuk Tournament     4.5  /  7
Prague 1944 (3)     20th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     13.5  /  17
Zlin 1945     Zlin Tournament     4.5  /  14
Prague 1945 (1)     Prague Tournament     3  /  10
Moravska Ostrava 1946 (1)     19th Czechsolovakia Championship     3.5  /  14


Player information updated: 24 Oct. 2026