Runza, Josef




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1927  646  2184 (48) 19
1928  558  2214 (45) 7
1929  531  2222 (39) 22
1930  566  2217 (41) 15
1931  771  2181 (47) 13
1932  763  2183 (60) 0
1933  780  2185 (68) 0
1934  781  2187 (73) 0
1935  796  2189 (75) 0
1936  769  2191 (76) 0
1937  726  2193 (75) 0
1938  703  2195 (71) 0
1939  646  2197 (65) 0
1940  590  2199 (56) 0
1941  557  2201 (41) 24
1942  532  2198 (40) 20
1943  488  2207 (39) 17
1944  420  2229 (36) 31
1945  436  2231 (42) 13
1946  459  2225 (45) 14
1947  470  2205 (56) 0
1948  408  2186 (61) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Runza, Josef  
   Also known as: Žižkovský
Born: 1900
Died:
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 336
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 401
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 358
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 476
   Thulin, Chess Pseudonyms, page 28
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 228
Web
   Matocha, Pavel.  [blog.pavla matochy]
   [Josef Runza]
   [Vlastimil Hort: More about the man who was Doctor Zhivago]

Tournament data

Ceske Budejovice 1927 (3)     10th Czech Chess Association Congress - Major Tournament C     5.5  /  8
Prague 1927 (3)     4th Prague City Championship     4  /  11
Prague 1928 (3)     Prague Tournament     4.5  /  7
Brno 1929 (2)     11th Congress of the ÚJČŠ - Final     6.5  /  11
Prague 1929 (2)     6th Prague City Championship     6  /  11
Prague 1930 (3)     7th Prague City Championship     8  /  15
Prague 1931 (14)     Prague Tournament     5  /  13
Prague 1941 (1)     17th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     6  /  15
Prague 1941 (2)     17th Prague Championship     5  /  9
Prague 1942 (2)     Prague Tournament     7  /  9
Prague 1942 (3)     18th Prague Championship     5  /  11
Prague 1943 (3)     19th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     9.5  /  17
Brno 1944     18th Czechoslovakia Championship     5.5  /  14
Prague 1944 (3)     20th Kautsky Memorial Tournament     11  /  17
Prague 1945 (2)     Jelinek Memorial Tournament     9  /  13
Moravska Ostrava 1946 (1)     19th Czechsolovakia Championship     6  /  14
Prague 1948     4th Jelinek Memorial Tournament     4  /  9


Player information updated: 24 Oct. 2026